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Spironolactone and your FAA medical
Acceptable medication on the FAA's PCOS worksheet
Taken for: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)Taking it for something else? The entries here do not cover that use. The FAA may address it in the guidance for your condition. Ask your examiner.
Wait
7 days
wait, as the worksheet prints it
There is more to this wait.
Examiner
CACI: the examiner can issue when the condition's worksheet criteria are met. Applicants for first- or second-class must provide the worksheet's information annually; applicants for third-class with each required exam
FAA label
ACCEPTABLE
For polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), the FAA's CACI worksheet lists spironolactone among its acceptable medications, with a 7-day wait, and says they may be used in combination; the others are anti-androgens (for example finasteride and dutasteride), letrozole, metformin and oral contraceptives.
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Wait
- it does not say from when
The worksheet does not say from when the 7 days count. It applies with all its other criteria, and the examiner must note in Block 60 one of its statements, which include CACI qualified, and not CACI qualified and deferred. Spironolactone for high blood pressure is listed under diuretics.
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Treated with the acceptable medication(s) listed:
(May be used in combination)
Indicate which medication(s) used:
anti-androgen (e.g., finasteride, dutasteride)
letrozole
metformin
oral contraceptive
spironolactone (7-day wait)
AME MUST NOTE in Block 60 one of the following:
CACI qualified Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [PCOS].
NOT CACI qualified Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [PCOS]. I have deferred.