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I take 1000mg metformin daily for pcos. is it ok to take 2prenatal vitamins, as well as 1500-2000mg inisitol vitamin as well?feeling extreme fatigue!
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Increase Metformin: First, i recommend doubling your metformin to 2, 000 mg per day. Second, i suggest checking your thyroid status. I have found most of my pcos patients to be hypothyroid.
Answered 3/9/2016
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