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Re: ortho evra (the patch) bad for endo? LORI
From: meredith (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jul 27 02:03:52 2006
Lori. Hi, my endometriosis symptoms got severely worse once I was on
the patch as well. Nuvaring has helped a lot though. while I was on
the patch (two years) I had heightened anxiety and depression as well. I
recommend you stay away from it. Besides, the sticky adhesive tends to
break one out in a rash. Good luck!
meredith*
At Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Lori wrote:
>
>I have become increasingly curious about whether being on the patch
>exacerbated my endometriosis.
>
>I suspect that I had endo for a number of years before I was diagnosed
>and treated with a lap and lupron last year. But I was on the patch for
>a few months before my symptons started to get really bad. At the same
>time I had a bout of bad anxiety and depression that made me think I was
>going crazy. By the time of my surgery I had gone off the patch.
>
>That was almost two years ago, and since then warnings have gone out
>about the increased estrogen content of the patch. Since it is
>transdermal, women can be exposed to much higher concentrations of
>estrogen, at least in the beginning of the week. This got me wondering
>about a few things. First, endometriosis is known to get worse with
>estrogen, and improve when estrogen is removed. Thus, the lupron's
>purpose is to eliminate estrogen in order to shrink the lesions. So
>wouldn't it get worse with increased exposure to estrogen? High
>estrogenic exposure is thought to cause other health problems, in
>general changing hormones effects our entire bodies and our moods. I
>have no doubt that my anxiety came from the patch. I'd noticed once
>before that ortho tri cyclen did the same thing, but I stopped taking
>it. I didn't attribute my problems to the patch because I had so much
>going on in my life.
>
>I'd like to know if anyone else has had bad effects from the patch.
>
>--
>Thanks, Lori
>
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