WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2001: Re: Extremely short cycles since starting tacrolimus

Re: Extremely short cycles since starting tacrolimus

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:27:13 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Michaela wrote: >
>I have had extremely regular, predictable periods since I started
>menstruating at age 13 (ten years ago). I could always detect ovulation
>via mucus indicators and then start the 2-week countdown to my period;
>this method was so reliable for me that I stopped keeping track of
>"cycle day 1" and started looking for my date of ovulation instead.
>
>This all changed this June. Since then I have been having my "period"
>nearly every two weeks with no detectable ovulation. The flow is not as
>heavy as what I'm used to, but it seems to last longer.
>
>The only thing that is different about June is that in June, I went to a
>dermatologist who gave me a cortisone shot and put me on topical
>tacrolimus (Protopic 0.1%) for chronic eczema. He also put me on a
>two-week course of amoxicillin, which resulted in a yeast infection (it
>was treated).
>
>I have also been under job stress lately, but I was under lots of
>similar job stress between November and June which had no effect on my
>cycle. I was under the impression that anovulatory cycles were long;
>I'd really like to know what's making my cycle short.
>
>Could any of those medications be responsible for my complete menstrual
>about-face, or is stress a more likely culprit? It's really been driving
>me nuts.

Cortisone could psossibly affect menstrual cycles. I am not familiar with Protopic. I think you should see your Gynecologist.

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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