Re: All this talk about bc pills
From: T (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Sep 30 17:09:30 2007
Hi Trish,
There are a couple of good books out there that give background on the
hormone cycle and menstruation, one that I found useful was called Once
a Month, by Katherine Dalton, a physician in the UK. She also discusses
ovarian cysts and endometriosis in the book, with some explanation of
the potential causes of the disease and links to hormones.
There's a lot of information out there, and much is contradictory. I do
believe that you have to rely on your knowledge of your own
symptoms/experience to filter out the right path for yourself. Best of
luck.
At Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Trisha wrote:
>
>Hello everyone! Although I don't post here as much as many of you I keep
>up with the messages and have seen a lot lately about the use of bc
>pills in terms of them being prescribed/used in the treatment of endo.
>This topic interests me quite a bit since I am, and have for some time,
>taken bc pills. I'm most interested in the idea that bc pills can
>cause/cause endo or can be partly to blame/blame in the progression of
>the disease. I'm sure, and as we have already seen, there are some
>differing opinions on this and I'm certainly not trying to stir the pot.
>I have my own opinions and everyone is entitled to their's. I'm
>wondering if a few of you can explain why you believe bc pills can cause
>endo or make it worse-or why you believe that just isn't the case? Do
>you have any links to any articles or studies that can back up your
>belief? Again, I'm asking b/c I have taken the pill on and off for the
>last roughly 12 years. I know that estrogen is what feeds endo and bc
>pills-most anyway-contain estrogen and so that may be, in part, the
>reason some of you believe they are not a good choice for endo
>sufferers. Here's kinda what I'm wondering....and I'll use myself as
>the ex......our bodies produce x amount of estrogen, if you are
>ovulating/menstrating your estrogen levels rise so many days before you
>ovulate right? Then as you menstrate your level of estrogen decreases.
>So, if you are on the pill taking it continuously, wouldn't you not have
>that rise in estrogen before you start you menstate? And if that's so,
>how would the amount of estrogen in your body, between what your body
>produces, subtracting that surge of estrogen you would normally have but
>adding the amount you get from the bc pill, compare, to the amount of
>estrogen your body produces with a person who is not on the pill,
>including that surge of estrogen every month? Does anyone know of any
>good sites where I could find good, reliable info on this? Thanks for
>helping me out and again, not trying to get anything started but am just
>very curious. Hope you all are having a good day
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