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Re: non-surgical alternative? From: Bert Gold (bgold@ktb.net) Tue Jan 4 22:52:42 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Kelly Shanahan, MD: "GYN: vag bleeding > 1 year post hyst" Previous message: Gerald P. Rodriguez: "Re: non-surgical alternative?" Maybe in reply to: Robert J. Woolley: "non-surgical alternative?" Next in thread: John Robertson: "Re: non-surgical alternative?" Dr. Woolley, When I attended high school and college (1969-1972), this was a widely recognized anecdotal side effect of Ortho-Novum and Norinyl use. Of course, these contraceptives have since been replaced by higher progestin, lower estrogen containing formulations, and so, shouldn't now manifest the same effects which were commonly noted (and to some extent valued) then. It is remarkable that as I look back on the medical literature of my adolescence, there are few documented reports of breast enlargement effects of oral contraceptive formulations. Perhaps normal breast development versus contraceptive stimulatory effects weren't ever well sorted out and documented. Just my two cents. -- Bert Gold, Ph.D. Sherman Oaks, California "Robert J. Woolley" wrote: > > I saw a young woman today for a non-gyn problem. As I usually do when concluded > with the immediate agenda, I flipped through the chart to see if there were any > loose ends from prior visits. I noticed it had been just over a year since her > last Pap, so reminded her of it. She was listed at that visit as being on oral > contraceptives, so I asked if she was out of pills. She said she had stopped > taking them months before. I asked why. Because they didn't do what I wanted > them to do. What was that? "Make my boobs bigger." > > She had heard from friends that this was a consistent effect of birth control > pills. She needed contraception then anyway (didn't when she stopped them), so > chose pills to get this secondary effect. > > I'm aware that some patients notice some breast swelling with pills, especially > with continuous (rather than cyclic) use. But I've only heard it mentioned in a > negative light, as a painful complaint. > > Is this a more frequent occurrence than I've been aware of, with patients happy > with the change and therefore not mentioning it as a problem? Or did this young > woman just hear from an unusual sampling of friends? > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bob Woolley > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > St. Paul, Minnesota > > "Mr. President, it would appear that we have different > perceptions of the public interest." > > -- Elliot Richardson Next message: Kelly Shanahan, MD: "GYN: vag bleeding > 1 year post hyst" Previous message: Gerald P. Rodriguez: "Re: non-surgical alternative?" Maybe in reply to: Robert J. Woolley: "non-surgical alternative?" Next in thread: John Robertson: "Re: non-surgical alternative?"

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