chantelley

I took part in a trial of atorvastatin to treat pcos. I believe i had the placebo, but i took them as i was directed 2 a day for 3 months, no change. But i was told it was a part of a clinical trial.

This was around June last year. Now i was wondering how long it takes to write these things up? Will i be told the outcome of it?

I would talk to my specialist but his English is that bad, i wouldn't know what he was telling me.

I googled it and i saw nothing, although i did find that he is apparently a leading dr in diabetes. hold up i aint got diabetes, i have pcos?

Buffy2008

I just had to say that I laughed so much at that.. I've had that countless times in the past, makes things so awkward.. but you don't want to say, "Can you repeat that please?" because you think it'd seem a bit rude.

I'm going to take a wild guess and assume that he's doing it because there's a connection between diabetes and PCOS.. the insulin resistance thing I assume?

Hope you find out the results of it soon though!

chantelley

Thanks hun, i remember when i first saw him he was talking about steroids and i was just like what? can u repeat it like 6 times, in the end my mum lent over and said steroids, its like ooooooh lol yeah lol.

I thought that too with the link, but upon learning more about pcos, im wondering why he never tested me for insulin resistance?

I dont know, i guess things could be a lot worse

KatCarney

Was this a clinical trial for a possible new medication? If so, do you know what 'phase' the trial is in? That will give you some clue as to how long it might be till you see anything...

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Eva37

ive been on atorvastatin for years and years. Must be about 6 years now. I take it for my cholesteral levels. I also have steroids (prednisolone) but that's cos i have late onset cah.
eva

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chantelley

Yeah it was to see what, if any effect it had on pcos. Have no idea about the phase of it.I really should ask my doctor more questions shouldnt i lol

KatCarney

Is it a 'new' drug, or an existing drug (possibly seeking FDA approval for the treatment of pcos)? I'm not sure how the latter process works...

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chantelley

it is an existing drug, as eva said, normally used to treat cholesterol

Eva37

never heard of it helping pcos before, interesting..........
eva

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KatCarney

Ahh, forgot that from the first post...

Is that the 'generic' name of the drug?

Depending on what the generic name is, it might be the same as the drug mentioned here:

Simvastatin improves some aspects of PCOS (Hair & Testosterone)

http://www.soulcysters.net/pcosers-s...sterol-219012/

Of interest:
ATTENTION: If you read NOTHING else this year on PCOS, Diabetes, and genetic links..

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