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Re: Depo-provera?

From: Pat (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:02:49 -0500 (CDT)


I would love to see the references for these articles. It probably would be hard to determine what came first...the PCOS pre-disposition, or the Depo causing the PCOS. It makes sense to me that depo can make PCOS worse, as it is suppression of hormones, just like the birth control pill...only amounts for a longer time. The same analogy could be a teen who was started on the pill early in her teen years, when her cycles might have been regular. When she goes off the pill, her cycles are irregular and she develops symptoms of PCOS. The same might be true of Depo...so, my question would be...Were the roots for PCOS there, just waiting to show themselves, or did the depo cause the PCOS. I personally am beginning to feel that we should not be using the BCP as the first line of treatment, but rather use diet and exercise and then metformin for management...to preserve future fertility. But, whatever the case, folks need a good, informed consent about what they do. I think as we learn more and more about this condition, we will see management change also. At least I hope so. Pat : >
>At Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Linda wrote:
>>
>>Is it common to prescribe depo-provera injection for pcos?
>>Any other treatments available other than that? Can't take it because of
>>the side affects.
>>Thank you.
>>Linda
>
>I have read a few articles that linked Depo Provera as a cause for PCOS.
>I am recently diagnosed with PCOS and was on Depo for seven years. I
>would not recomend any hormones to anyone ever......Depo is posion. Do
>a search about it on the net and read all the bad things it has done to
>people. I would like to see those at UP John, the makers of depo,
>suffer in my shoes for just one day. Just a few symptoms....Huge weight
>gain, hair falling out, migranes, acne, depression, mood swings.
>So......in closing, stay away from this posion.



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