in our Wellness Wednesday now to a topic that everyone is talking about these days OIC the type two diabetes medication which is also used off label for weight loss now several claims online say women who take the drug are becoming pregnant even those who are on birth control the results of those pregnancies have been dubbed OIC babies but is this a real unintended consequence of taking OIC Jane monreal verifies in this morning's Wellness Wednesday OIC has been helping people with diabetes manag
e their blood glucose levels a side effect of the drug though is rapid weight loss but could the medication also cause unplanned pregnancies let's verify our sources are cardiologist Dr pile kohley the OIC website and the US Food and Drug Administration or the FDA according to the FDA people on OIC need to supplement the medication with proper diet and exercise but a new side effect of the drug has surprised some in the medical community but it is turning out to be true that medications like OIC
and Manjaro can in fact improve your fertility Dr Coley says there are probably two main reasons for this first she says many women with excess weight have a difficult time getting pregnant in the first place so the fertility actually gets impacted in women who are obese or overweight where their periods can be irregular they can have syndromes like PCOS or polycystic ovarian syndrome that suppress their fertility when you lose weight from taking OIC KY says that can help regulate your hormones
and menstrual cycle incre increasing fertility second and the most concerning for KI OIC could be absorbing some other oral medications women are taking so because the medicine works in the stomach and the gut to delay gastric emptying it slows the speed at which things move through your gut it can affect the way that medicin are absorbed including birth control pills Dr Coy stresses if you're taking other medications with OIC be sure to let your doctor know talk to your doctor about whether th
e absorption of these potential medications could be affected if you're taking OIC or mararo and if you're on OIC and worried about an unplanned pregnancy Coy says you'll need to use other forms of contraception so either get an IUD which is an intrauterine device use barrier contraception or do something else because just the pill alone which might have been working for you for many years may not be as effective so we can verify that yes OIC could cause an unplanned pregnancy the medication Spu
rs rapid weight loss and could potentially absorb other oral medications you're taking like birth control pills with your verif by I'm Jane monreal
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