Re: more spiro questions - please advise
From: Celeste (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:32:42 -0600 (CST)
At Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Melanie wrote:
>
One of the most common side effects of Spiro is "irregular bleeding".
It's different for everyone--could be no periods at all, or just
spotting, or near constant spotting/bleeding. It helped cut back on my
facial hair, but it wasn't worth constant spotting. You just have to
try it to find out if you will have good luck with it or not.
>I have no clue why the spotting happens or what it means, but the same
>thing happened tome! I went on spiro 2 months ago and about 1 month
>later started spotting (something that never happened before). My blood
>pressure also dropped to 70/50 and I developed a migrane so I had to
>stop it. Now my hair is thinner than ever- eek! Anybody else ever had
>these problems? Suggestions?
>
>At Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Shelley wrote:
>>
>>Hi there! :) I am on Spiro as well.100 mg once a day.
>>I had quite a problem with spotting when I first
>>started taking it. My Dr. said that it was normal and
>>it often subsides once your body adjusts a bit. I have
>>been taking it for a few months now and DO find that
>>it has pretty much disappeared.
>>I hope this helps a little.
>>--- amy renee <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> i started taking 25mg of spiro twice a day 2 months
>>> ago to slow my hair
>>> loss.
>>>
>>> my endo suggested such a small dosage to prevent the
>>> side effects BUT
>>> weird things are happening. i finally started
>>> having semi-regular
>>> periods less than a year ago after being on
>>> glucophage since june of 99.
>>>
>>> on xmas eve, 20 days after my last period had
>>> started, i had what i
>>> thought was spotting which lasted almost a week. it
>>> was really light -
>>> waste of a pantiliner-type flow. i'm sure it was
>>> the spiro because ivbe
>>> never had a problem with spotting before.
>>>
>>> or was that my period?? it was WAY too light.
>>> should i be concerned?
>>> has this happened to anyone else who has taken
>>> spiro? or does anyone
>>> else know what's going on?
>>>
>>> any insight is appreciated.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> amy
>>>
>>
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>
>--
>Melanie
>
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Celeste
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