Endocrine Abstracts

Metformin 500 mg three times daily had been advised to our patients suffering from the polycystic ovary syndrome by the Rotterdam criteria who did not want to take contraceptive pills. More recently, we have included life style changes to metformin taking: increased physical activity, low glycaemic index diet (with calorie restriction for the obese). The efficacy of the two treatment forms was compared. The metformin only group consisted of 27 patients (age 18–39 years, m...