PCOS Messages for March, 2001: Re: Levulite; does anyone know?? To Sonnet

Re: Levulite; does anyone know?? To Sonnet

From: Emily (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 24 Mar 2001 19:53:49 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Sonnet wrote:

Sonnet, you are right we all usually do have a low level of progesterone....But when trying to control your symptoms with BCP (not while TTC) we need to take a pill that has the least androgenic effect. My obgyn and Endo told me that the component in the pill that determins the androgenic effect is the progesterone and the best ones to take are the ones that have a low level of progestin like the ones I mentioned. I thought I have always been told and have read that the mini pills are not good for us to take. But every time I turn around something new comes to light that contradicts what I thought I knew. I agonized over the decision to take the pill 'cause I have heard so much conflicting info on its use with PCO and I was put on Levelite for about 7 months by an uninformed Gyn while waiting to get a referral to an Endo. What a nightmare... I lost over half of my hair and my facial hair quadrupled. The only good thing about it was I lost a little weight because it made me sick. So I tried to do my homework before started a different one. I do know that when trying to conceive that our progesterone levels have to be supported to acheive and maintain conception. I didnt mean to misdirect or confuse anyone, instead of low level of Progesterone, which was how I understood it, I guess I should have said least androgenic.

--
Emily

>A LOW level of progesterone? But almost all of us already have low
>progesterone and do so well on progesterone-only pills, supposedly it
>counteracts the high estrogen or something? What about all the PCOS
>women on progesterone suppositories?
>
>At Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Emily wrote:
>>Don't use Levlite.  It contains a form of progestin call levengesterone
>>which women with PCO should not take.  It acts like testosterone in our
>>bodies and makes symptoms worse.  Try a pill that is monophasic, and has
>>a low level of progesterone in it, like Desogen, Orthocept or
>>Orthocyclen.
>>
>>--
>>Emily
>>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>

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