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Re: [Birth Control] A question for Dr. ChudacoffFrom: Kelly (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:35:24 -0500 (CDT)
At Wed, 24 Oct 2001, William McIntosh, MD wrote: > >At Tue, 23 Oct 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >> >>Hello, >> >>I'm a little confused about a reply you gave to anther person on the >>forum. You said it is your opinion that women over 30, especially 40 >>should be on a 20 birth control pill. >> >>I have endometriosis and my doctor put me on Loestrin 1/20 continously >>in February. Last month, he switched me to Loestrin 1.5/30 because I >>started experience a lot of spotting and breakthrough bleeding. My >>question is this: what risks am I putting myself at by taking the higher >>dose pill? >> >>Thank you so much for your time in answering this question! > >I did not read Dr. Chudacoff's post, but he was talking about using the >pill for contraception, whereas you are using the pill for endometriosis >control. You are going to need to take what it takes to control your >symptoms. It is safe to for most women to use any pill up until age 35, >and many up until menopause. In general, the lower the dose you can >take of any medicine, the better, but it still has to do the job. Taking >the pill is likely to provide more health benefits than not taking them, >including cycle control, contraception, protection against ovarian and >endometrial cancer, anemia prevention, and so on. It could be said, >somewhat tongue in cheek, though not entirely, that the OCP is >practically a vitamin. > This is amazing to me when I see all the posts here about side effects, problems and questions with their pills. Would it be healthier to take a low dose OC if the person has regular cycles without a large blood loss or cramps and no family history of reproductive cancers.
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