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Re: Gyn: When to stop the pillFrom: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@gmail.com)Mon Oct 29 21:11:01 2007
Sounds like the ideal time for her to be "off" for 1-2 months and see if there are any spontaneous menses &/or vasomotor symptoms - maybe do an FSH. If she develops a new relationship, she needs condoms for reduction in risk of STDs anyway so they also take care of the contraceptive need. One question I have always wondered about - is how to tell with some level of certainty - when the person on OCP up to menopause can quit using any birth control. For those not on OCPs but using condoms and who are menstruating - I tell them condoms until 1 year of amenorrhea. I just would hate to have a patient have that immediate pre-menopause pregnancy! For someone who is on OCPs - do you take off pills for one week or month & get a high FSH then go back o OCPs and repeat one year later? Thanks for asking the question that made me ask more. Joanne
At Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote:
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-- Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG Solo gyn Keene, NH USA
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