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Re: MENORRHAGIA: Question about BCP and missed periods
From: Walter Futterweit, MD, FACE,FACP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:32:48 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: worried: "MENORRHAGIA: Question about BCP and missed periods"

Dr.Futterweit: It is not the BCP specifically that causes these menstrual abnormalities. When they occur it is usually due in the opinion of many experts to the specific hormonal disturbance that causes irregular menses to begin with. A work-up is is needed to see what the inherent problem is, and then perhaps the reactions to BCP may be more normal.
At Tue, 24 Mar 2009, worried wrote: >
>I went on Microgestin (generic Loestrin) to fix my irregular periods and
>it screwed them up even more. I was on it for many months and then my
>OBGYN switched me to Loestrin 24 FE to see if it would work better.
>
>On 1/29 I started my last pack of generic. I then bled from 2/7 through
>2/22. I started a new pack of Loestrin 24 FE on 2/22. On 3/8 I had
>light spotting for about three days. On 3/22 I started another pack of
>Loestrin 24 FE but never got a period.
>
>I have read that you can skip periods on Loestrin but I've been sexually
>active and really don't like the idea of skipping even though it's a
>nice side effect. I never miss a pill and take it at the exact same
>time every night. So my questions are, why are my periods still so
>messed up and what are the odds that I could be pregnant even though
>I've been on the pill for six months?

-- Walter Futterweit, MD, FACP, FACE Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 http://www.aacehost.com/pages/page.php?r=716

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