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Insulin sensitizers Insulin sensitizers
Metformin – – biguanide biguanide
– Decreases insulin and testosterone 20 Decreases insulin and testosterone 20-
50% – Increases SHBG Increases SHBG D BMI D BMI – Decreases BMI Decreases BMI – Improves menstrual Improves menstrual cyclicity cyclicity – – 68 68-
96% – Improves spontaneous ovulation Improves spontaneous ovulation
- Improved with addition of
Improved with addition of clomiphene clomiphene
– Promotes fertility Promotes fertility – Anti Anti-
inflammatory
Metformin Metformin
- Effects independent of weight loss
Effects independent of weight loss
Predictors of success
– Higher plasma insulin Higher plasma insulin – Lower serum androstenedione Lower serum androstenedione – – Less severe menstrual irregularities Less severe menstrual irregularities
Other clinical symptoms
– Reduces hirsutism scores Reduces hirsutism scores – Reduces body weight Reduces body weight – 10 fold reduction in gestational diabetes 10 fold reduction in gestational diabetes – 30 30-
- 45% reduction in early pregnancy loss
45% reduction in early pregnancy loss – Increases HDL Increases HDL
Metformin Metformin
500 mg TID
850 mg BID
up to 2550 mg daily
up to 2550 mg daily
- Start 500 mg daily to reduce GI upset
Start 500 mg daily to reduce GI upset
Adverse effects
– Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, bloating Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, bloating – Rare fatal acidosis Rare fatal acidosis
Metformin Metformin
Combinations
– Metformin plus flutamide Metformin plus flutamide
- Increases insulin sensitivity
Increases insulin sensitivity
Decreases androgens
- Improves cholesterol measurements
Improves cholesterol measurements
- Increases monthly ovulation rates
Increases monthly ovulation rates
Metformin Metformin
Combinations
– Metformin Metformin added to COC added to COC
- Improves insulin sensitivity
Improves insulin sensitivity
Decreases BMI and WHR
- Further suppresses androgens
Further suppresses androgens
Thiazolidinediones Thiazolidinediones
Rosiglitazone and and pioglitazone pioglitazone
– Reduces insulin/insulin resistance Reduces insulin/insulin resistance – Decreases androgens Decreases androgens – Increases SHBG Increases SHBG – Increases ovulation Increases ovulation – Restores menstrual cycle regularity Restores menstrual cycle regularity – Reduces Reduces hirsutism hirsutism score score