Re: Depo-Provera and osteoporosis--Monitoring long-term use?

From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@gorge.net)
Fri Jan 21 15:56:00 2005


Anna

Really spooky weird. Not just 2 minutes, our CNM was discussing the exact same thing. How much bone loss seems debatable. We decided arbitrarily to at least check once after 3 years of use at least once in someone of average to low BMI.

On Jan 21, 2005, at 2:27 PM, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:

> My NP who does our Family planning outreach clinic asked me today if we
> need to restrict the length of time a woman can take it or do bone
> density studies in women (and girls) who have been on it for longer
> than
> X years (how many years would that be?) What do you folks do?
>
> Anna Meenan, MD, FAAFP
>
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