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greencurls · 08-05-2008, 02:06 AM

I have taken Spironolactone since 1999 off and on and it has minimal bad side effects and excellent benefits for me. I have reduced facial hair, thickened hair on my head and my skin is gorgeous. It has helped reduce my water weight in a big way as well. I do not have water cankles anymore! I highly recommend using this vs other anti-androgens as far as the benefits vs side effects.

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Originally Posted by jojilynn

Medications for reducing excessive hair growth
Your doctor may add a medication specifically targeted at countering the effects of excess androgen. Spironolactone (Aldactone) blocks the effects of androgen and reduces new androgen production. For those reasons, the drug isn't recommended if you're pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Spironolactone is also a diuretic and may cause you to urinate more frequently.
Your doctor might also prescribe eflornithine (Vaniqa), a prescription cream that slows facial hair growth in women. This medication is effective for about one-third of the women who use it. Avoid using this medication during pregnancy.

I got this off of the Mayoclinic.com
How many of you have been on this? what were your results? I'm very interested in this more than the fact that it helps reduce excess hair, is it not also excess androgens that gives so many of us our bulky manly features, I mean why is everyone still stuck on metformin being the "miracle cure" we are on it yes it helps with the IR but with my experience and a few others thats as far as it went, I have an appointment on the 17th I'm going to ask about this and see if I can get put on it,, yeah and stuff