I am 19 years old with weight of 52 kgs. I have PCOS. I recently went to a gyno. I told her to prescribe me birth control pills for the treatment since I am sexually active but she insisted that since I don't have any symptoms of pcos other than irregular periods, like obesity or acne. She insisted that I should wait for 3 months to see if pcos goes away on trying non-hormonal medicines and if it doesn't go away then I should switch to hormonal tablets. So, she gave me m2tone syrup along with exermet 500 tablets. But this tablet did not suit me so I went to her again today and she told me to try an ovabless tablet. What should I do? Should I wait or should I switch to contraceptives?
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Hello, Pcos is the most common endocrine disorder with multifactorial origin affecting 1 in 10 woman of reproductive age group. It is associated with increased insulin and androgen level. The worst part of pcos is that it cannot be completely cured. However the symptoms can be controlled by lifestyle modification. It's important that apart from medications you try to loose weight. Weight reduction of even 5 to 10% greatly helps. Avoid high calorie food, do daily exercises and brisk walk for 30 minutes. You can easily use low dose combined contraceptive pills containing 20microgram of ethinyl estradiol and drosperinone. It will act as s contraceptive as well as take care of pcos.
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Hello. Your previous conditions mentions migraine headaches which may worsen on oral contraceptive pills. Previous condition also mentions gall stones. Ocp are also associated with slight increased risk of gall stones. So I suggest that you should go with lifestyle modification alone if your periods are regular and no acne, hirsutism. Infact only ultrasound diagnosis of polycystic ovaries is not enough to label you as pcos.
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