Re: Orthocept - non-existant monthly period
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:37:12 +0200
Hi Megan,
If you were a patient of mine, I would recommend "building up the endometrium" thereafter continuing on the contraceptive.
For your info
Sam
> Would you recommend taking a break from the pill? Or is this just a
> normal side effect that I should not be concerned about?
>
> At Sun, 6 Apr 2003, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >This not a sign of infertility (although you may be infertile), but a
> >side-effect of the progestin in Orthocept. The progestin ccauses a thinning
> >of the endometrium, so the source of "menses" becomes smaller, the bleeding
> >lighter.
> >
> >Sam
> >
> >> Dr.,
> >> I have been on Orthocept 28 day for 8.5 years. I have never had
> >> problems with it in the past. The last 3-4 months my period has been
> >> only a couple days and extremely light. I have taken a pregnancy test
> >> each month for the past few months suspecting possible pregnancy, all
> >> tests were negative. My last visit to my doctor was about 5 months ago
> >> and everything was fine.
> >>
> >> My husband and I are not planning on trying to have children for another
> >> couple years, my fear is that my period will be gone completely by that
> >> time. Is this a sign of becoming infertile??
>
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