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Do I Require To Take The Obimet For Pcos?

Hi
I am 33 yrs old and married since 5 yrs.Trying to conceive from last 4 yrs.i do not have any health problem and my hubby is also normal.Doc told me i hv pcos.my doc tested me for serum insulin and blood glucose.the result came was (blood glucose-92mg/dl and serum insulin lvl(PP)-26.43).she prescribed obimet sr 500mg twice daily before food.do you think it is required and effective as per my blood report.

swati ch
Fri, 17 Jul 2015
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Hallow dear,

I can understand your apprehension about Obimet.

Please try to understand the patho-physiology of PCOS. I will not teach you the complete chapter of PCOS; however, if you understand that one of the causative factor or pathology in PCOS is that the tissues are not or less sensitive to insulin in the body. The same pathology is in diabetes also. However, all the PCOS women need not have overt diabetes, they may develop it later also. Hence now a days there is a scientific trend in taking steps to increase the tissues sensitivity to insulin while managing PCOS cases.

Obimet is a medicine which contains Metformin as active ingredient. Methformin is insulin sensitizer; i.e. it increases tissues sensitivity to insulin and thus the insulin which otherwise remains unutilized starts getting utilised by the tissues. Therefore now a days we are using Metformin in the management of PCOS. Please understand that anovulation is only one window of PCOS. It is a disorder of complete body - cardiovascular, metabolic and reproductory. That is why there is waist obesity found in PCOS patients.

So please have no doubt in your mind and have faith in your doctor. You have been rightly prescribed Obimet. Do take these tablets. They help in reducing the weight and the waist obesity along with helping the ovulation by ovulatory medicines.

I am sure I have provided you very important information. If you agree to this, why not post a good review and rate 5 stars for me?
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Do I Require To Take The Obimet For Pcos?

Hallow dear, I can understand your apprehension about Obimet. Please try to understand the patho-physiology of PCOS. I will not teach you the complete chapter of PCOS; however, if you understand that one of the causative factor or pathology in PCOS is that the tissues are not or less sensitive to insulin in the body. The same pathology is in diabetes also. However, all the PCOS women need not have overt diabetes, they may develop it later also. Hence now a days there is a scientific trend in taking steps to increase the tissues sensitivity to insulin while managing PCOS cases. Obimet is a medicine which contains Metformin as active ingredient. Methformin is insulin sensitizer; i.e. it increases tissues sensitivity to insulin and thus the insulin which otherwise remains unutilized starts getting utilised by the tissues. Therefore now a days we are using Metformin in the management of PCOS. Please understand that anovulation is only one window of PCOS. It is a disorder of complete body - cardiovascular, metabolic and reproductory. That is why there is waist obesity found in PCOS patients. So please have no doubt in your mind and have faith in your doctor. You have been rightly prescribed Obimet. Do take these tablets. They help in reducing the weight and the waist obesity along with helping the ovulation by ovulatory medicines. I am sure I have provided you very important information. If you agree to this, why not post a good review and rate 5 stars for me?