Re: Visited with my endocrinologist (re to Panacea)
From: Jessica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:54:51 -0600 (CST)
Hi Panacea,
You're right, but I found this site after I started taking Ortho. A lot
of women on this site are using bcp's though...so I just thought that
i'd continue and ask my endo about it when i see her. Now that I am
off, I wonder how long will it take before the Ortho gets out of my
system. Do you know?
--
Jessica
At Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Panacea wrote:
>
>We could have told you not to take the ortho... bcps especially the
>triphasic like ortho tri cyclen can cause a lot of problems for us. Very
>few PCOS women report having a really good response to bcps.
>
>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
>>
>--
>Panacea
>
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