Re: alternatives to taking birth control pills for PCOS
From: Dave (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:04:48 +0100
I have heard that if they do the drilling, cysts can come back later.
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From: JPKJones <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 3:08 AM
Subject: Re: alternatives to taking birth control pills for PCOS
> At Tue, 12 Sep 2000, jennie wrote:
> >
> >I'm 25 and have PCOS due to a lack of progesterone. I was told my
> >insulin levels were not the problem. In fact, they were 8.1 mcU/mL.
> >Anyway, my gyn gave me Ortho-cept to regulate my cycles and help prevent
> >more cysts from forming. Is Does anyone have a similar diagnosis or
> >lack of progesterone as their diagnosis with PCOS? And, does anyone have
> >any advice for alternatives to birth control pills? Thanks.
> >Jennie
> My gyn left the treatment options up to me. They were: birth control
> pills (great if you don't want more children),
> clomid(great if you want to get pregnant), progesterone to induce
> periods (doesn't do anything for the cysts, but it prevents problems
> with the lining of your uterus building up), and the last choice I was
> given was ovarian drilling. He told me this "cures" 83% of women
> although it's been done for 10 years, so no long term studies have been
> done. The feed back I've gotten on that is that it is an "older
> treatment that is unnecessary". I opted for the progesterone... for
> now. Just finished it two days ago, we'll see if it makes me have a
> period. Meanwhile, I've been searching for the best option.
>
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