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Re: Metformin and Birth Control?
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:10:46 -0400
Hi~
Kentucky girls, hooray!
I have never smoked either and was in pretty good health, which is why the DVT/PE came as such an awful shock. I'm wondering if I should be on the coumadin forever, considering my test result for anti-phospholipid syndrome was only a moderate positive. Maybe I should consult another hematologist in a year and ask about the possiblity of going off the coumadin to be re-tested?
I'm so very excited that you're pregnant and still taking blood thinners. My regular doctor (a total frat boy) told me that because I'm on blood thinners forever, I probably couldn't ever have a baby. I'm so happy that this may not be the case.
Please let me know how you're doing and take care of yourself!
Much love,
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Sue)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>Subject: Re: Metformin and Birth Control?
>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:23:07 -0500
>
>At Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Melinda wrote:
> >Hey, I'm about an hour south of you, in Lexington :-)
>
> >All of you who have mentioned being taken off BCP due to blood clots --
>do you mean *threat* of blood clots, or actual incidence of blood
>clots? Seems like an awful lot of you...<
>
>Well, girls--we might wanna think about meeting up or something! I'm
>about 20 min. south of Mel in Nicholasville! : )
>
>Mel--I have had DVTs, which have been linked to a year of being on the
>highest dose of estrogen available in a BCP (50 mcg). I had no prior
>history, and after getting off the rat poison aka Coumadin, my clotting
>studies showed nothing exceedingly abnormal (I had one study come back
>slightly elevated--anticardiolipin antibody--but that is a weak link to
>clotting and a stronger link to multiple miscarriages, which I've had).
>The concern is now my pgy--I'm about 7.5 weeks along and am about to
>being prophylactic treatment with Lovenox, a low-molecular weight
>heparin until 37 wks gestation. Then I will switch to a sub-q heparin
>for the last 3 weeks so I can have an epidural, if I choose.
>
>It does seem that there are several on this board who've had DVTs, but I
>think it is more coincidence than anything. There is a causational link
>b/tw BCPs and DVTs, but it only hits certain women. They don't know why
>some get them and others don't.
>
>Hope this helps and clears out any worry you might have--the best thing
>you can do to avoid DVTs while being on BCPs is to avoid smoking. (I
>don't smoke and never have, but it is causationally linked to a higher
>incidence of DVTs.)
>
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