PCOS Messages for May, 2001: Re: BCP make PCOS worse?

Re: BCP make PCOS worse?

From: AdoptASAP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 28 May 2001 14:31:27 -0500 (CDT)

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My personal feeling is BCP are not a good solution for PCOS (definately not mroe then 3-4 months). BCP only give you a break and that can be helpful. They only MASK PCOS and when you are off them, you will most likely be worse then before. As you get older and PCOS is left untreated, they get worse and worse leading to heart disease, diabetes, strokes, cancer, etc. BCP ONLY help a 'side effect' of PCOS which are the hormones aspect and menstraul - provera (a 10 day pill) does the same thing. You need to attack the cause which links to insulin.

My last comment is, your body is screwed up hormonically, do you want to continue on this hormonal roller coaster? Do you want to fill your body with medication that isn't really helping you? My opinoin is to stay away from BCP, attack the PCOS in other ways and use other methods of birthcontrol (Condoms and spermacide are great together and has the same %age as a BCP alone but without the constant medication running through your blood stream and messin up your hormones even more.)

At Sun, 27 May 2001, Devone wrote: >
>I am debating if I should take BCP's. We are not ttc right now and I
>want to spend this next yr getting PCOS under control. I read that
>BCP's are good because they reduce testosterone, thus lowering some of
>the side effects of PCOS, and because they cause regular mensus.
>
>My concern is what, if anything, will happen once I stop taking them?
>Can they actually make PCOS worse? I have been on them three times, once
>for 6mos, once for 3mos, and then for 15mos. After the 1st time I
>noticed my PCOS symptoms got a tiny bit worse. Granted I didn't know I
>had PCOS back then. After the last time they were really bad, and my
>tubes were even blocked. I don't know if this is in relation to the
>pill, but it sure seems ood to me. I had a baby, so obviously my tubes
>were open, took the pill for 15mos and then had blocked tubes!? Weird.
>
>I have my OB apt next wk and I need to decide what to do! What can
>anyone tell me?
>
>Thanks,
>Devone

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