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Re: Depo-Provera Tied to Increased Heart Disease Risk in Small Study From: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C. (johnprov@sympatico.ca) Wed Oct 9 09:20:10 2002 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: Puzzling case" Previous message: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: Puzzling case" In reply to: Efrain Ramirez: "Depo-Provera Tied to Increased Heart Disease Risk in Small Study" At Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Efrain Ramirez wrote: > >“There is no increased risk of cardiovascular disease noted in large-scale clinical or epidemiological trials with Depo-Provera,” Dr. Joel Krasnow, medical director of women's healthcare for Pharmacia, Peapack, N.J., said in a statement issued by the company. My understanding is that there are no trials looking at the question of cardiovascular disease in women who are on longterm depo-provera ! I think in time it will be shown that for women in thier forties or fifties will have some added risk from depo-provera, it only makes sense that the results will mirror those of the WHI trial. The risk will be small and has not been shown yet because it is small and requires long term followup. -- Take care, John Next message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: Puzzling case" Previous message: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: Puzzling case" In reply to: Efrain Ramirez: "Depo-Provera Tied to Increased Heart Disease Risk in Small Study"

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