Myoinositol--alternative treatment of insulin resistance in adolescents
Kedikova, S.; Sirakov, M.; Boyadzhieva, M.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiia 50(7): 16-19
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0324-0959 PMID: 22452173 Document Number: 652516
Myo-inostitol is a part of inositolphosphoglycan (IPG) mediators, which are known as putative mediators of insulin. One of the theories for insulin resistance is any deficiency in Myo-inositol. Presumably a substitution therapy with exogenous Myo-inositol could be effective for treatment of insulin resistance and PCOS. This is well established in women in reproductive age, but there is insufficient data for adolescence.