PCOS Messages for April, 2001: Re: BCP

Re: BCP

From: S.H. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:54:39 -0500 (CDT)

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ok, thanks, i'll check the site out. yes, i do have pcos, i just don't have all the symptoms (have everything but the acne and thin hair). i did have heavy periods when i was a teenager but the bcp took care of that but now without bcp i have no period at all. :-\ well, the glucophage made my period come back for a while but now it stopped again. i've never had a problem with acne or headaches. demulen made me sick by giving me severe headaches and it made me sick to my stomach all the time. my headaches were so bad i had to miss work. no other bcp has done that to me. well, again, thanks for the link. :-D Take Care, =steph At Mon, 23 Apr 2001, anthrogirl wrote: >
>How did Demulen make you so sick? If you're only using a BCP to regulate
>your period, I can see Alesse working. But, do you have PCOS? I had
>terrible headaches, menstrual pain, heavy bleeding, acne and so on.
>Alesse didn't do anything for that. Levora was better, but I think
>Demulen will help more. If you do a little research on BCPs on the web,
>you can find breakdowns of all the pills and what progestin they
>have/what those progestin do. The following website is pretty good. It
>breaks down all the pills.
>
>http://www.wdxcyber.com/ncontr13.htm
>
>Good luck.
>
>According to this website, assuming it's right...Levonorgestrel is twice
>as androngenic as ethynodiol diacetate which is in Demulen.
>
>At Mon, 23 Apr 2001, S.H. wrote:
>>
>>yes, alesse did fine for me, i only needed it for my periods. what i
>>don't understand is the difference between all the bcp. you said that
>>'levonorgestrel is not a great antiandrogenic progestin', what does that
>>mean? could someone explain, please?
>>i was on demulen before and it made me SO sick.
>>
>>At Mon, 23 Apr 2001, anthrogirl wrote:
>>>
>>>I don't think Alesse is good a BCP for PCOS. I started on that and it
>>>did very little other than regulate my period. The acne and headaches
>>>continued. My doc then moved me up to Levora which is a higher does of
>>>levonorgestrel and estrogen, and after a year of that, I'm switching
>>>again. My general understanding is that levonorgestrel is not a great
>>>antiandrogenic progestin. I'm switching to Demulen next week, so we'll
>>>see how that goes. If Alesse works for you, great! If not, I would get
>>>off the levonorgestrel BCPs.
>>>
>>>At Sun, 22 Apr 2001, S.H. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>i was on alesse. every doc i went to put me on that because it's a
>>>>really low dose. what i was wondering though is if it is a good type to
>>>>be on with pcos becasue reading the other threads i've saw that there
>>>>are certain ones that are good with pcos and some that aren't. anyone
>>>>know?
>>>>
>>>>~>>>>
>>>>At Sun, 22 Apr 2001, anonymous wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>I would also like to know, what BCP is everyone on? Im on ortho
>>>>>try-cyclene.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>S.H.
>>>>
>>--
>>S.H.
>>

--
S.H.

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