spironolactone side effect..ok this is embarassing!

Gods_Romantic · 11-30-2006, 07:58 PM

this is embarassing to talk about but I was taking spironolactone a while back and I started having horrible constipation. I checked and changed everything else about my diet (including the metformin I was on) but nothing worked until I tried a day or two off the spiro and miraculously it stopped. I was wondering has anyone else had a similar experience ?

It's really tough for me at the moment because I'm still dealing with the hirutism and it IS getting worse (which I feel guilty for.. even though I'm on met and doing everything in my power to lessen the IR I feel like I'm just sitting here and watching it get worse.) I'd really like to go back on spiro but it's like my body literally cannot handle it. I don't want to go on bcp because I heard that this can aggravate the IR and I'm already VERY insulin resistant.

anyone had a similar situation ? any ideas ?

soaper woman · 11-30-2006, 10:48 PM

i just started taking 200mg of spiro (up from 100mg) and i've got the complete opposite of you. my trips to the potty remind me of when i started metformin.

maybe you could drink more? try prune juice or dulcolax? i hope it gets better for you!

Gods_Romantic · 12-01-2006, 04:40 PM

thanks soaper, I did try everything (mainly because I had no idea that it was the spiro that was causing it) and nothing would work... I was even on metformin at the time and well you know the side effects from that!, that didn't even help. funny that you should have the opposite effect.