Weight Loss Medicine

Hello Jfasano, I understand that PCOS can cause problems such as weight gain. There are many medicines out there that will help with weight loss, these can be effective depending on each person, the there is the side effects that may happen. I would personally suggest to think about what you eat, have more intake of nutrients and healthy foods, you'll be surprised to know how much our diets can affect our health and how they improve it. A good healthy diet can increasingly improve your PCOS symptoms as well!

Try Milk /Porridge + palm Coconut sugar for Breakfast then Chicken Noodle/French Onion Soup main meal &  drink 8 glasses lots of water a day.. for 5 days during the week then lo carb meals on a weekend. Replacing the soups for two days with a main meal as a treat... this will shift some weight.

 

I take orlistat for weight loss. Before I started taking it I ate right, went to the gym a minimum of 3 times per week but lost no weight,  I stayed the same, so no gain and I guess that's half the battle. Now I take orlistat and continue with the same diet and exercise regime and I am losing about 2 lbs a week. 

There are some horror stories about this medication but if you limit your fat intake to no more than 30% of your diet and spread the fats throughout the day it works wonders with no bad side effects. I can only assume the people that struggle with orlistat are trying to use it as a miracle weight loss pill, the side effects sound awful so I wouldn't risk it!

I get it prescribed as I need to lose about 1.5 stone before any fertility treatment (it was 3 stone).  You can buy it over the counter if the doc won't prescribe it, but it's half strength and very expensive.

Good luck, I know how hard it is to lose weight with pcos even when you do everything your told and more!

Dear Jfasno,

I have two health issues that facilitate weight gain - thyroid autoimmune disease and PCOS.

I haven't discovered any pill that can help me keep my weight under control and none of my doctors (endo, gynaeco, GP) have mentioned it. They usually offer contraceptive pills.

I've ssen the best results when I exercise regularly (nothing excessive) and watch what I eat (avoiding processed carbs).

I don't know what causes PCOS, but I'm inclined to see it as a possible consequance of an imbalance connected to the glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity.

My tests always come back normal (fasting glucose, hormones...), so I don't have the insuline resistance, but I was warned by my first endocrynologist who diagnozed me that it may become an issue for me.

Whenever I fall of the wagon, stop exercising and start eating chips, I gain weight in a blink of an eye!

I'm not saying that you shouldn't trust your doctors, but please stay informed. I'm sure that there are meds that can help, but almost all of them have side effects and there are no magical solutions

I live in France. My GP kept insisting for years that I shoud take the  pill - Yasmine/Yaz for my PCOS and I refused since I have a family history of cardiovascular problems (mother and biological father died of strokes, aunt and two uncles of heart attacks). She claimed that there was no risk. A few years ago, France limited the use of contraceptive pills due to the health risks - blood clot formation. She stopped offering to prescribe the pill. When I asked her why she had insisted on it before, she said she had been just following protocols that were in vigour at the time.

Yesterday, my endocrynologist offered to put me on cyproterone acetate to help my hirsutism, since she knows it is a big problem for me. She's kind and she really wants to help, but I refused. We haven't finished with all the tests and I don't want to influence the results. More importantly, I still hope thaat there's something substantial we can do before resigning to treating one kind of symptomes while  potentially making others worse.

Cyproterone acetate can lead to weight gain by deteriorating the insuline sensitivity - the very problem that is in teh core of the PCOS.

I'm sorry I didn't answer your question. Since I can't tell you what can help (apart from exercising and eating in accordance with the real needs of your body) I wanted to tell you what in my experience can't.

Good luck!

 

If the weight is purely as a result of PCOS .Idont really think the diet per say will have any effect..its to do with the Hormones..http://www.webmd.com/women/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-and-weight-gain

Well obviously a balanced diet is always desireable..otherwise it will make the condition and symptoms worse.. but as a symptom of the condition weight gain is one of them, because of the hormones of the female along with other issues such as  facial hair which is related to hormones again...