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Re: Medroxyprogesterone/Provera
From: Tara (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Jan 31 21:38:25 2006
Maybe the hand swelling is like the ankle swelling associated with
people taking the birth control pill? I don't know. If your hands get
really big, warm/hot, or tender to the touch I would ask about a side
effect called thrombophlebitis. My med book warns about this on this
drug. Since it is in both hands, its probably a normal side effect. I
would follow your doctor's low salt advice. Salt is a fluid grabber and
can create swelling too. Let us know how it goes.
t Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Sabrina wrote:
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>After ending up in the Er with pelvic pain on Thursday, my obgyn
>suggested that I start the above med now ASAP to ward off another cycle
>and regulate it better. I did several search engines and almost all the
>stuff pointed me to endo. Is this a preferred treatment of endo? I
>started on BCP in August. That has not helped and the ER US showed I
>was still ovulating. I know I have super eggs. The ER contacted my
>obgyn once appendicitis was ruled out and he said it was mittlesmertz
>syndrome, but that doesn't explain excuciating periods. Only the
>ovulation pain. BUT, mittlesmertz is treated with pain medications.
>While the searches I did showed up that the above med is for endo and
>regulating periods. He has not mentioned endo yet. Just suggested
>mittlesmertz. What do you guys think?
>
>Also did anyone on the above med experience hand swelling with it. My
>hands get so swollen on it. I called my ob's office today to let him
>know. They checked out the PDR and that wasn't listed as a side effect.
>But medline and several other sites said it is a side effect. Ob said
>do not stop taking the med. To increase H2O, limit salt, and if it gets
>really bad, cut the pill in half and take half a pill.
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