more diabetes/metformin questions…?
i have been getting advice on here about getting pregnant. in a few of the answers, women actually said that there doctors put them on metformin to help them get pregnant and there not diabetic? one of the side effects does list that it will increase your chances of getting pregnant.. but it just seems odd that a doctor would give a diabetes drug to assist someone on getting pregnant.. what are the other resons a doctor might prescribe metformin other then diabetes?
This is called off label use and many doctors do this. Is it safe? who knows. Do your own research on the drug and look at contraindications and side effects before taking it for pregnancy
As the firend up said , this is very widely used off-label prescription of metformin ,
Metformin is perfect in reducing insulin resistance , and the later is contributing in the infertility in women with Polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS ,
So doctors noted that metformin reduces the hyperinsulinemia in PCOs patients and increases the chance of getting pregnant …
other off-label uses of metformin :
Prediabetes
Weight Loss
Gestational Diabetes (still off-label)
HIV lipodystrphy
Good luck
It is also to treat PCOS or polycystic ovary syndrome. It helps to regulate that system also.
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/polycystic-ovary-syndrome.cfm
It isn’t just for Diabetes treatment!!