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Re: A question for you From: Robert J. Woolley (wooll005@tc.umn.edu) Sun Jan 14 17:28:02 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: OB: Fish, mercury, and pregnant women" Previous message: Dean Huffman: "Hospital Not Liable for Saving Preemie Without Parents'" Maybe in reply to: Joseph Shaeffer: "A question for you" In message <3A5FFF19.846DD126@intekom.co.za> writes: > This is a dangerous myth that you have to come off the pill to maintain > endometrial health. The only reason the placebo tablets were put in the > packs in > the first place was because the initial trials showed that a monthly > bleed > reassured users that they weren't pregnant. The initial plan was for > the pill to > be continuous. NEVER advise stopping except for a week to gain a > withdrawal > bleed, it is quite safe to take continuously same as HRT. It's not a safety issue, but one of side effects. It seems (note: completely unscientific, anecdotal observation ahead!) that taking a week off after every third pack or so reduces the incidence of breakthrough bleeding and breast tenderness, compared to truly continuous use. I believe the Brits refer to this practice as "tricycling." -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Woolley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Paul, Minnesota GIC Some presidents' names become adjectives -- Lincolnian gravity, Rooseveltian reassurance, Kennedyesque charisma, Nixonian deviousness, Reaganesque leadership. To understand the meaning of "Clintonian," parse this from a 1997 news conference: "I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution." ...Clinton is not the worst president the republic has had, but he is the worst person ever to have been president. -- George Will, 1/11/01 Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: OB: Fish, mercury, and pregnant women" Previous message: Dean Huffman: "Hospital Not Liable for Saving Preemie Without Parents'" Maybe in reply to: Joseph Shaeffer: "A question for you"

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