WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2000: Re: cramps & the pill

Re: cramps & the pill

From: also (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:14:30 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 13 Jul 2000, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote: >
>At Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Marie wrote:
>>
>>Ever since I first started my period when I was 13 I have had very bad
>>cramps and a pretty heavy flow, when I was about 18 I was talking to my
>>mom about going on the pill she said that it also will help with the
>>cramps and such, i've been on alesse for 2 years now and its done
>>nothing at all, i still have bad cramps (sometimes they actually make me
>>feel sick to my stomach...pamprin, midol etc doesnt work) and my period
>>is still heavy and it still lasts about 7 or 8 days, all my friends who
>>are on the pill say theirs is signifigantly shorter and lighter, I know
>>alesse is a low dose pill (the doc put me on that cause I tend to get a
>>pretty bad headache on the first or second day of my period she said
>>it'd be better to try a low dose pill) I am just wondering if yous think
>>a higher dose or something might help? I know its different for everyone
>>I just wanted to see if it was likley that it would before I bother
>>making an appointment with my doctor! Sorry this is so long but thanks
>>for any input!!
>
>Alesse is indeed a low dose and it may not be enough to prevent
>ovulation. If it doesn't then it wouldn't help with the symptoms. If
>put on a higher dose and the pain persists, then endometriosis would be
>a likely diagnosis.
>
>RDB
>
>--
>R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG

I also have this same problem....fairly heavy period, bad cramps with my period...nothing helps..its always been like that so its not like its anything new, it was kind of strange to read this post...i'm on marvelon which if I remember correctly is also pretty low and it hasnt done anything so my question has to do with your response...you said if you switch to a higher dose and the pain persists then endo is likley,im going to try switching to a higher dose but im still wondering... i'm only 20 so what would cause endometriosis (if that happens to be the case)? and since its always been like that ever since i first started my period would that mean that it was always there? >

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