Effects of Metformin on the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome With Pseudoacanthosis Nigricans and Insulin Resistance / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand how resistance and whether its compensatory hyperinsulinemia will influence the ovulatory function and sex hormone level,especially in the testosterone level and blood lipid level and to observe the effects of metformin on the polycystic ovary syndrome with pseudoacanthosis nigricans and the insulin resistance.Methods The method of the research is to carry out a three-month tretment for 30 patients who were suffering from the polycystic ovary syndrome with the pseudoacanthosis nigricans and the insulin resistance.During the treatment much attention was drawn to the following aspects of the patients.Such as the body mass index,the waist hip ratio,the fasting blood glucose,the fasting insulin,two hours after postcibal blood glucose and postcibal insulin,the insulin sensitive index,the change of blood lipid and sex hormone level,and the skin lesion change.Results After the treatment,all the indexes fell except that the insulin sensitive index rose.There was significancely difference(P