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Re: norethindrone

From: Kisha (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Sep 27 19:31:22 2006

Amber, I am new to the forum, but when I saw that you just started on Aygestin I had to put my two cents in. I was on Aygestin for 3 months. I started out on 5 mg, a day. It did not help with the endo-related pain! I had nausea, terrible mood swings, trouble sleeping, some hair loss, and little muscle spasms in different parts of my body. I am surprised that you would be prescribed Aygestin since you have a history of a blood clot and Aygestin increases risk of blood clots/stroke. I don't, but at one point while on the drug I experienced loss of function on my left side, and I am convinced that it had something to do with the Aygestin, although the episode was brief, it was very frightening (especially because I was home alone at the time). So please be careful with that. Anyway, after two months on Aygestin, I went to the ER due to a severe episode of pelvic pain, at which time my dosage was increased to 10 mg per day. It still didn't help with the pain and I opted to stop taking it. I quit taking it two weeks ago, and already my mood swings have stopped, I haven't been nauseous (except during my period which returned four days after I stopped. But I am always nauseous during my period) and no more pulling clumps of hair out in the shower! Plus the muscle spasms are way less frequent, they're not gone yet, but I suspect it will take a little time for all the Aygestin to get out of my system. Sorry this is kinda long but I wanted to share my experience. I am looking for an endo specialist as well, best of luck to you in finding a great surgeon! Kisha

At Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Alyson wrote: >
>Amber,
>I was on norethindrone (generic for Aygestin) for about 8 months. At
>first I was taking 5mg once daily, then 5 mg twice daily. I had a few
>side effects initially, mostly just moodiness. The drug was not working
>very well to diminish my pain and so the doc doubled the dose (to 5 mg
>2x daily) and that was when I started having problems with it. I was
>having terrible night sweats, hot flashes, losing my hair (which is
>still happening months after stopping it, so I can't say for sure that
>the drug was th cause). I finally switched to Danazol because the
>norethindrone wasn't helping and I was having so many problems with it.
>I must say that I also had a hard time on Danazol and am now not taking
>anything.
>I would encourage you to seek that specialist! It may be a battle, but
>probably worth it in the end.
>Alyson
>
>At Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Amber wrote:
>>
>>Can anyone tell me about your experiences with this drug? I started this
>>last night to stop my periods. I saw a GYN specialist yesterday and
>>after doing ultrasounds she said the scar tissue and the lining in my
>>uterus was way too thick and my periods needed to be stopped ASAP. I am
>>not supposed to take any estrogen based hormones (due to prior blood
>>clot). But she said this one would be safe. Please let me know
>>anything about this drug. She also said she would not be able to
>>perform laparscpoic exicison on my because of the bladder and ureters
>>being involved and I would really need treatment with a highly skilled
>>endo specialist......so now the insurance battle begins! Thank you



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