PMID: 9539300Apr 16, 1998Paper

Therapeutic effects of metformin on insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism in polycystic ovary syndrome

European Journal of Endocrinology
E Diamanti-KandarakisA Bergiele

Abstract

Evidence suggests that insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia are associated with ovarian hyperandrogenism and menstrual irregularities in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Sixteen obese women with PCOS on a weight-maintaining diet were studied before and after 6 months of therapy with the insulin-sensitizing antidiabetic agent metformin at a dose of 1700 mg per day. Compared with baseline values, glucose utilization was markedly enhanced at 6 months using the two-step euglycaemic-hyperinsulinaemic clamp to measure changes in insulin sensitivity (2.56 +/- 0.32 vs 4.68 +/- 0.49 mg/kg per min, P = 0.0001, when 40 mU insulin/m2 per min was infused, and 6.48 +/- 0.58 vs 9.84 +/- 0.72 mg/kg per min, P = 0.0002, when 400 mU insulin insulin/m2 per min was infused). The improvement in insulin action was accompanied by significant increases in the levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (24.5 +/- 7.2 vs 39.8 +/- 16.2 nmol/l, P = 0.003) and decreases in free testosterone (12.8 +/- 5.8 vs 9.0 +/- 3.0 pmol/l, P = 0.03) and androstenedione (12.9 +/- 5.6 vs 7.3 +/- 1.7 nmol/l, P = 0.003). No significant changes were recorded in body weight. Seven subjects resumed normal menstruation and two cases of spontaneous pregnancy occurred during tre...Continue Reading

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