Re: Visited with my endocrinologist
From: Jessica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:26:29 -0600 (CST)
I'm not sure if my dr. is planning to increase the dose, but she told
me that she's giving me a low dose. Today is my second day taking it
and I don't really feel anything. I thought I was getting a headache
earlier, but it went away.
Yes, Minocycline is an antibiotic that she prescribed for my acne. It
looked bad and she said that she's giving me an antibiotic for now so
that my acne would get better and by the time i see her again, she
thinks that the spiro would've kicked in and i could stop the
minocycline.
What do you think about what she told me about bcp's?
--
Jessica
At Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Beth wrote:
>
>Hi Jessica,
>
>Was 25mg 2x a day prescribed to see how you tolerate the Spiro? Is your
>Dr. planning on gradually / eventually upping your dose?
>
>If you don't start to see results of some sort (acne etc) over a month
>or two, if you are tolerating it ok you might readdress this with your
>Dr. Many don't see results on a low dosage like that, but everyone is
>different. (and not everyone handles a higher dose well...)
>
>Is minocycline an antibiotic? Was it prescribed for something else, or
>for a PCOS related symptom?
>
>--
>Beth
>
>At Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Jessica wrote:
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>It's me again. Just wanted to say that I am back from my endo's
>>appointment and she prescribed 25mg spiro 2x a day and some minocycline
>>for me. I am to take this and see her in 2 months.
>>
>>She also told me something that surprised me. I told her that my gyn
>>gave me ortho tri cycline for pcos and she told me that she has a lot of
>>pcos patients and that bcp's are definitely not the way to go for me b/c
>>my estrogen levels are normal, only my testosterone levels are
>>elevated...and that too much estrogen in the body would be converted
>>into testosterone as well! She also measured my blood pressure and it
>>was high due to the ortho. she said that my cholesteral probably went
>>up too and that i should stop taking bcp's immediately. Does anyone
>>know about this?
>>
>>--
>>Jessica
>>
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