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Re: Continuous BCP
From: Amelie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:47:18 -0600 (CST)
Wow! When I had my version of hell (crazy bleeding, deadly cramps that
kept me on the floor sweating and not at work) I begged for nonstop bc
(low low estrogen, before my PCOS diagnosis) and brought in so much
material supporting it, I nearly got it, but my NP at the time chickened
out and didn't believe me. I got levlen, which messed me up so much I
wanted to kill her (did not stop bleeding, they kept upping the doses).
I now have an appropriate doctor.
I would have LOVED something like Seasonale. I wonder if you can do
this whole 2.75 months thing on yasmin? It's working fantastically for
me. i would be happier than a pig in you-know-what. I'll talk to my
doc next meeting.
xo-a
At Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Victoria wrote:
>
>I'm sorry, I lost the posts for this and I'm trying to play catch up.
>
>When you are on continuous BCP, the endometrium slowly builds up. The blood doesn't go anywhere, the lining of the uterus itself
>just gets bigger. However, there is a point where the lining will simply start to break down. You will see a small amount of
>blood, maybe just some pieces, etc. and that is usually known as breakthru bleeding. At that point, it probably is a good thing
>to go off and get a period.
>
>My RE prefers that this is done once every 3 months. EVMS has a birth control pill called Seasonale that should be on the market
>in Jan. or so 2003, Dr. Farmer said that only the FDA would hold that one up. It is a birth control pill that has 2 months and 3
>weeks of active pills, one week of placebos. The test results went great from it.
>
>You can always get an official doctors' opinion for this on the women's health lists.
>
>--
>Victoria
>
>PS Updates have been made to my webpages http://nichollsvi.tripod.com. I will change the way I do the news page, there are
>several new articles that have come out related to PCOS.
>
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