The effects of two years of mestranol treatment on carbohydrate metabolism.
Twenty-nine menstrual age women who had a hysterectomy and oophorectomy were treated cyclically with 80 micrograms of mestranol per day for 2 yr. Their carbohydrate metabolism was evaluated prospectively by doing a 3 hr oral glucose tolerance test after a 100 g glucose load and measuring both blood glucose and plasma insulin levels. The tests were performed before drug treatment and after 2 yr of drug use. Those women that had a "normal" predrug test had some carbohydrate metabolism changes at the 2 yr test with significant elevations of the fasting, 1 and 2 hr blood glucose values, and also significant elevations of the 2 and 3 hr plasma insulin values. Those women with a "borderline abnormal" predrug test had no significant change in either parameter of carbohydrate metabolism however a trend toward similar changes was noted.
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002369:Castration; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008656:Mestranol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011446:Prospective Studies
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D008656:Mestranol