Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

It's an insulin-resistant dysfunction.

It's a brain pituitary ovary dysfunction.

It has a genetic factor.

It has an epigenetic.

And that's why the treatment plan

That's when the topic of endometriosis will come up.

And I would love to talk about that.

But the reason birth control pills work for PCOS patients, it's one of the aspects.

I don't like birth control pills for PCOS patients.

Remember I told you they're moody patients, they have anxiety, they're depressed.

It's hard for them to take birth control pills.

In my opinion, a lot of times they complain of, I'm eating more or I don't feel well or I'm more depressed.

So it's not my first go-to treatment, but I will tell you why it works.

Remember I told you the ovaries are the sex hormone binding globulin goes down because of that high insulin.

Birth control pills stimulate that sex hormone binding globulin that starts grabbing the testosterone and helps with their symptoms.

That's why if you go to the doctor and you say, I have acne, they're like birth control.

I have hair loss, birth control.

My periods are irregular, birth control.

We use it for everything, right?

But it does work to treat the symptoms of PCOS.