Re: Discontinuation of contraception--Depo Provera

From: Garry Siegel (garrys@mindspring.com)
Tue May 2 20:37:15 2000


Another case, which I posted yesterday but got lost in cyberspace:

50 YO on Depo for about two years, amenorrheic and happy, put on Depo due to small fibroids and a biopsy showing a polypoid endometrium. Originally, hysteroscopic/laparoscopic assessment planned, but not done b/o insurance issues (I wasn't on her plan, and she didn't want to go elsewhere).

Anyway, her menometrorrhagia, for which the treatment was given, is under control. However, she eventually will need to be offered HRT as she likely is perimenopausal. Given the slow time for Depo to get out of her system, short of stopping Depo and waiting to see what happens, any thoughts about doing a random FSH or somesuch?

Garry

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Garry E. Siegel, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Roswell, GA
Private Practice




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