ENDO Messages for January, 2007: Re: Depo-Provera as Treatment for Endo! Correction! ATTN: Pam

Re: Depo-Provera as Treatment for Endo! Correction! ATTN: Pam

From: Sabrina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jan 29 04:54:56 2007

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Pam,

I was on Seasonale at first. The thing about 4 periods a year was absolutely not true. More like 4 weeks with no periods as it made me bleed the entire freaking time. Not light either. It was extremely extremely heavy. There is another BCP that is like Seasonal (Lovria???) that did the same thing. The pill version is trade name Provera, generic is medroxy progesterone?. I hated it. My dr had me on it for days 12-21 of the pill cycle. Then I had to take it if I had any breakthrough bleeding. I went through about 5 different BCP while on it. None of it worked.

Because of my bad reactions to the Provera (thank God I didn't have the shot), my dr asked me if I wanted to change Progesterone. He changed it to Prometrium. Prometrium is much more expensive than Provera. Provera was a $10 copay. Can't remember what the retail price was. The Prometrium is a $20 copay. Retail price is $74. The difference between the two meds is that Provera is a synthetic progesterone. Prometrium is a natural micronized progesterone. I take it the same way as I did with Provera. I also take Loestrin FE continuously, and this has seemed to work well for me.

At Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Pam wrote: >
>Sabrina,
>
>I didn't even realized they had a pill version. That is interesting. I
>am currently on Seasonique and it isn't helping me at all. Thank you
>for sharing your experience with me. Can you tell me more about the
>Prometrium that you are currently taking?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Wishing For Pain Free Days...Pam
>
>At Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Sabrina wrote:
>>
>>It sucked for me. I was on the pill version of it. I took the pill
>>version because as my dr said, you can't go and undo a shot. It made me
>>gain A LOT of weight, wierd side effects, itch, and it didn't do nothing
>>for pain or for excessive bleeding. I eventually switched to prometrium
>>which has worked much better for me.
>>
>>At Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Tara wrote:
>>>
>>>I am very interested as well!!
>>>
>>>~Tara
>>>
>>>At Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Pam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>At Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Pam wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>I was wondering if anyone has been on Depo-Provera for treatment of
>>>>>Endo. If anyone has can you tell me your experience taking the
>>>>>Depo-Provera. I would like to hear good and bad experiences if
>>>>>possible. Also if there was any side effects that stood out while
>>>>>taking it, that would also be helpful. Also if anyone knows a web-site
>>>>>where I can get more information about Depo-Provera can you please let
>>>>>me know that also.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks ahead of time for giving me advice and information.
>>>>>
>>>>>Wishing For Pain Free Days...Pam

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