Re: advice needed on ortho-tricyclen/bcp's
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:42:26 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Amy,
Ortho-tri is a bcp with different doses of hormone at different times of
the month. This is not recommended for PCOS, rather a monophasic BCP,
with constant levels of hormon, is recommended. I take Diane-35 an
antiandrogen BPC and am quite happy with it. Jasmin is also one that is
recommneded.
I hope that BCP is not your only treatment.
Best wishes
Sally
At Tue, 13 Aug 2002, amy wrote:
>
>i hope someone can help..
>saw the endo today and finally accepted a prescription for ortho. he's
>been suggesting it since he diagnosed me three years ago and i have
>always resisted because of all the bad things i have heard about bcp's.
>he said it would help with hairloss since that is my biggest concern.
>but my second biggest concern is controlling my weight, which has been
>really hard the past 6 mos. he said that bcp's dont always make you
>gain and sometimes make you lose. does anyone have any first hand
>knowledge of that?
>
>i dont see many of you on bcp's, especially not ortho. what do you
>think of it? i dont know why he picked ortho either..
>
>i'm just so frustrated...i saw some pictures taken of me recently and
>saw how my thin my hair is getting. i tried taking a low dosage of
>spiro in the winter months but it made me bleed a lot and my endo took
>me off of it because of that.
>
>i'm at a loss; please help.
>
>thanks,
>amy
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