Did you have to take metformin again after surgery?

I have PCOS my Surgeon took me off of my metformin and spironolactone. Has anyone had to start taking this med again or have you been able to d.c its use due to losing weight?

i take both. metformin 500mg at supper and 25 mg of spironolactone. i am 3 years out.

This is a great question. I was hoping to be able to come off of the met after surgery. I guess it all depends on each person and how their bodies react.... I can still hope... I haven't been on it too long, and I won't have surgery until some time in Feb. probably, so we will see I guess. Jenifer

they took me off of it after surgery but i wondered if at any point people have to go back on it or if the weight loss manages the PCOS effectively

I was coming here to ask the same question.      I'd love to be off Met for good! 

I went off metformin the day of my surgery and have never been back on it.  My diabetes is gone and I've had a regular period ever since then.

I went off of mine pre-op and was back on it 3 months post-op.  I have been a slow loser with it, so I don't think it had affected my weight loss at all.  Although, I have had regular periods for the last year, the first full year of being regular in my 21 years menstrurating. 

I too have not taken Metformin since the day before surgery and have not needed to go back to it as my glucose & insulin levels are normal.   I do know a lady on my WLS Divas thread on www.soulcysters.com who did go back on Metformin and continuted to loose weight after reaching a stall.  But she's pregnant again so is back off of it. Kristy

What are these med? I've never heard of them.  was dx with PCOS about 2 years ago, but I've never taken anything like that. In fact, all my doc ever prescribed was Birth Control & Glucaphage. He said something about a possible insulin resistance having to do with all of it. All I know is that neither has helped. I still have a lot of pain even when I'm not on my period. Plus, I have really bad acne & increasingly bad hair growth... on my face, arms, stomach... Anyone have any suggestions?

Metformin is the generic name of Glucophage.