Hi. I do not have PCOS or Diabetes but I do have excess testosterone and excess body hair - my doctor suggested I take Glucophage XR 500mg once a day.
Do any of you know if Glucophage works in reducing excess hair if a person does NOT have PCOS?

Would love to hear any experiences with it...

Evee420;
I have checked my version of the Physicians Desk Reference and can find no ties to Hair increase or decrease with Glucophage/Metformin. The primary use of this medication is for type 2 diabetis which you know. But from my personal experience, it seems to me that the hairs on my skin have actually increased while taking it, instead of having the hairs decline.
I would be interested in knowing why your doctor choose this medication when the cause is excess testosterone.

I guess one would have to ask the doctor.

It mentions on the web page, "Second Type Woman" that Metformin (Glucophage) that "although normally associated with diabetes, it's now also considered useful for aiding and enhancing the bodyfat redistribution (including limbs and face) of transsexual women taking oestrogen."

However before I ask my doctor for this I tried to confirm this claim on Google, and I have not found anything. If anyone has further information please post.

Here is the link

http://www.secondtype.com/hormones.htm