ENDO Messages for October, 2006: Re: Anyone on Provera?

Re: Anyone on Provera?

From: Pam (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Oct 30 00:45:09 2006

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At Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Abby wrote: >
>I have another question to ask of the ladies of this group that are
>taking Provera for their problems. I just started taking Provera a week
>ago and I started my period about the fourth day on it. The first day
>of my period you would have thought I exploded. My husband and I were
>in bed and I felt a gush of fluid so I sat up and pushed the sheets back
>to see what it was. What I saw almost made me pass out and I think my
>husband was stuck between whether to help me or dial 911. There was
>this great big puddle of dark red blood and darker red clots of
>different sizes laying all in it. My husband helped me clean up and
>remake the bed and we put a heavy thick bath towel down under me this
>time. A few minutes later I did it again. I started to be afraid of
>what was happening to me and I thought maybe I might be losing to much
>blood and I would pass out or die or something. We did everything all
>over again with the bed and put a towel under me and one between my legs
>this time so if it happened again it wouldn't go all over the sheets and
>the towel under me. It didn't happen again but it did fill up with a
>lot of blood at first like I was bleeding out and then it stopped and
>returned to normal. I have been wondering about this ever since it
>happened and I got the patient sheet for the Provera and it says if you
>sit still or remain in one position for a long time that blood clots may
>form. I'm wondering if this has happened to anyone else or if this is
>common with hormone medicine or if I should call my doctor about what
>happened to me. Thanks.

I was on Provera for about 4 years. I started it when I was 14 years old. At that time, I was not having any problem assicated with my period or anything. I actually stopped having a period for the whole time I was on the Provera. After about 4 years my Dr said that some new studies had came out about woman being on the Provera for so long would not be able to have children so she took me off and put me on bcp. I did however gain a huge amount of weight, a little over a hundred pounds. Which was a side effect to the Provera that I was not told about. I was seeing the Dr at my local health dept. and at that time Provera was not that old.

With your case, I think if it were me I would speak to the doctor about it. If that had happen to me it would scare me, and my husband probably would have pass-out. It is not good to lose a lot of blood, especially if you have a rare blood time. I am not sure where you are from and what your relationship is with your gyn but I would talk to him/her and just explain that you did not know if it was normally or not. If I had to guess I would say not normally, but that is just an opinion. I hope everything works out in the end and you start to feel better. Good luck. If you don't mind post a forum and let me know how it works out and what you decide to do.

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Pam

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