Re: Depo and menopause

From: W. Brown (buzzerIII@pol.net)
Wed Feb 17 08:34:10 1999


>I have a 47-year-old patient who
> consluts me about
>contraception. Does not want barrier methods unless nothing else
>available. She smokes, so combined OCs are contraindicated. She has never
>been able to take pills faithfully, so progestin-only pills worry me. She
>doesn't want Norplant because she thinks she's close enough to menopause
>that she doesn't need what she calls "a 5-year solution."
>She is most interested in Depo-Provera. However, she also wants to be able
>to tell when she enters menopause so that she can start taking estrogen
>replacement.

What about an IUD?

******************** W. W. Brown, III, M.D. Bay area

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Northern California
USA
buzzerIII@pol.net

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