Re: Medical References re Ortho Tri-Cyclen
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 9 Aug 2001 04:40:59 +0200
hi Karin,
There is not any single article to refer to only good medical thinking and it goes like this:
PCOSers have IR, which develops into type2 diabetes later in life. BCPS are contraindicated for diabetes, because they deteriorate glucose tolerance (there is a pletora of articles on this from the 70-80s.) Thus many of us consider BSPs unsuitalbe for PCOS and it does not refer to tri-cyclics only.
Sam
> I could use some feedback .. I recently learned from this discussion
> board that Ortho Tri-Cyclen should NOT be used a treatment for PCOS,
> because it has the potential to increase rather than decrease the number
> of ovarian cysts. My gyn had me on this Rx for the last 4 years and
> obviously never knew this. I decided that he is too busy to look out
> for my best interests and switched to a repro endocrinologist that I
> also found on this website (so far, so good).
>
> I wrote a stern letter to my former gyn telling him why I abruptly left
> his practice and stated how disappointed I was in him for not realizing
> a tri-phasic pill was wrong for me. He wrote back that I must have
> found this information in an "obscure publication" and he "cannot see
> any connection between birth control pills and the formation of any
> cysts in the ovaries".
>
> So, I am appealing to this board for help. In my heart of hearts, I
> believe that Ortho Tri-Cyclen is the reason I have been run down for the
> last few years and why I have recently had erratic pain in my pelvic
> area. I would sincerely appreciate if anyone could supply me with a
> link to one or more medical articles confirming what so many women are
> stating in this forum.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
> Karin
>
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