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Re: Medical References re Ortho Tri-Cyclen
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 9 Aug 2001 14:38:10 -0500 (CDT)
Thank you for your helpful reply. But, haven't a lot of women posted to
this board specifically complaining that tri-phasic BCPs such as Ortho
Tri-Cyclen are bad for PCOS because it can potentially increase the
number of cysts??? If so, where did they get their information???
Karin
At Thu, 9 Aug 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
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>hi Karin,
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>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.
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>Sam
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>> 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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