How do medications treat polycystic ovary syndrome?
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) can be managed with medications, including oral contraceptives and insulin sensitizing agents. In this video, OB/GYN specialist Jessica Shepherd, MD, discusses how these medications work to treat the symptoms of PCOS.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] Another medication that we use for PCOS is called insulin-sensitizing agents. And the reason why we use those medications
is because these patients have an increased amount of insulin circulating in the body.
The great thing about PCOS is it can be managed and it can be treated with medicines, such as oral contraceptives. Oral contraceptives are used because we
want to decrease the amount of male hormones circulating in the blood. And when you have decrease in male hormones circulating
in the blood, you'll find that patients really do have resolution of the oily skin and the acne and the hair growth on the face and the chest and the abdomen.
Another medication that we use for PCOS is called insulin-sensitizing agents. And the reason why we use those medications
is because these patients have an increased amount of insulin circulating in the body. And therefore, the body is not able to manage the insulin
and manage the increase amount of sugar in the body. So when you're able to minimize the amounts of insulin,
you'll find that the body is able to tolerate some of the sugar levels and decrease those sugar levels which, again, will increase your risk of some of those diseases
that we discussed earlier. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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