Table 3.
Current treatments for PCOS.
| Treatment | Problems Addressed |
|---|---|
| Current Treatments | |
| Oral contraceptives | Menstrual disturbance |
| Clomiphene Ovarian diathermy or laser treatment Assisted conception techniques | Anovulatory infertility |
| Cyproterone acetate + ethinyloestradiol Spironolactone | Hirsutism and acne |
| Weight loss | Menstrual disturbance and anovulatory infertility, but also improvement of metabolic perturbances and thus risk of coronary heart disease |
| Potential Treatments | |
| Insulin sensitising agents (such as metformin) |
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