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Re: bcp's...fyi
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:35:17 +0100
I have the same reservations about this info...
The pill started at 100 mcg (estrogenwise in 1960) but you are too young to remember that.
For your info
Sam
> What is he using as a basis for this, medical research wise? If that were
> true,
> wouldn't the higher amounts of estrogen in the old pills have caused a big
> explosion in the rates of PCOS which would have gone down with the newer low
> dose pills? The pill started at 50 mcg, most are now 20 and 35. What about
> the
> different types of estrogen?
>
> Victoria
>
> From: anonymous@medispecialty.com (Jessica)
>
> Hello people,
>
> I've read many posts below regarding bcps and I just thought I'd let you
> know that my endo told me that for women w/ elevated testosterone levels
> and normal estrogen levels, the estrogen from the bcps (both tri-phasic
> or mono) can be converted into testosterone in the body so that your
> pcos symptoms may get worse...acne, hair growth, etc...
>
> Jessica
>
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