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Re: Birth Control Pill question
From: Jessica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 19:33:50 -0600 (CST)
Thanks. I just got confused reading that. Birth Control Pills have
always been a wonderful thing for me and my husband. I'm hopeful that
when the time comes I won't have to go off of them. I must say I'm
dreading that a good bit. I obviously need to contact a doctor about
this. I guess it's time to start looking for one in the Los Angeles
area.
At Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Sally wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>If the triphasic is working for you ok and you have no side effects,
>probably no reason not to continue, as long as other PCOS symptoms /
>insulin resistance are treated (if you do have pcos) at the same time -
>using an insulin sensitiser.
>
>BCP is not banned for PCOS and many women find them very helpful with
>symptom control and in fact they are traditionally one of the key
>treatment approaches. However, the general consensus at the moment is
>that the monophasic pills are better for us than the triphasic. Also
>some of the antiandrogenic pills can be useful if you have excess hair
>and skin problems (I use diane-35) and there are some others (Yasmin - I
>think? - someone one else can advise on that).
>
>By the way, BCP can mean that any hormone testing is not accurate. If
>you are going to be tested for hormone levels, probably you should be
>off the pill for about 3 months in order to get more accurate results.
>
>Other forms of contraception - are condom, spermicides, IUD (though they
>don't recommend that for women who have never had children), etc.
>
>Best wishes
>
>--
>Sally
>
>At Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Jessica wrote:
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>>Holy smokes.
>>
>>So I'm reading some of these messages now (just realized there was more
>>than one forum) and I saw something about the tri-type BCPs. That's
>>what I'm on. I've been on them for years. I went on them for two
>>reasons. The main being birth control and the second I thought it would
>>be helpful to regulate my cycle.
>>
>>Now my cycle has never been normal but it's also not been anywhere near
>>as bad or crazy as many of you here.
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>>Now I'm reading that if diagnosed with PCOS I will probably go OFF these
>>pills? I know it's difficult to get pregnant when you have this
>>condition but the thing is right now at this time I don't want to get
>>pregnant anyway. So I guess I'm wondering for those of you NOT on BCPs
>>now do you use some other kind of birth control?
>>
>>I'm getting used to the terms and names of things by reading these
>>forums and hopefully that will help me when talking to my doctor very
>>soon.
>
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