Re: Progesterone ??
From: Lauren (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:19:57 -0600 (CST)
Pat,
Yes, it is Provera. I have been on 1500mg of Gluchophage for a year.
The periods didn't regulate with it. It was only when I tool the
Provera that they did.
Is it safe to take Provera for long periods of time? I would much rather
do this so I can have regular periods. I am miserable mood and physical
wise when I don't.
Lastly, the doc says we need to figure out how to get to the root of the
PCOS issue not just treat the syptopms. Do you know what could be come
reasons for PCOS? I mean I had all the blood work done to determine I
had it but I never had a sonogram. My OBGYN didn't give me one but my
reg doc said we should do one.
Any thoughts?
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
--
Lauren
At Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Pat wrote:
>
>Were you taking Provera ? It sort of sounds like that, though it could
>be natural progesterone. All that does is make you have a period. What
>it does is build up the uterine lining, and when you stop it, you have a
>period. It is not making your ovulate. The same with the birth control
>pill. It is an artifical period, and it levels out the hormones, as it
>prevents the strange fluxuations with PCOS. The key is to think about
>your goals, and what you want to accomplish. If you want to have cycles
>on your own, then losing weight, and sometimes Metformin can help. They
>help get your hormoenes back into balance, so that you can ovulate and
>have normal periods on your own. The big take home message here is:
>synthetic progesterone, and the birth control pill create artifical
>periods, and thus really do not do anything for PCOS. They will quell
>the extreme hormone fluxuations, and also help build up and then release
>the endometrial lining (to prevent build up and cancer), but these
>results are only temporary, and not long term. Of course you feel
>better when you have a period. That is the whole point, and why women
>have cycles anyway. What you decide to do is your decision, based on
>any information you can find.
>Hope this is helpful.
>Pat Sonnenstuhl, ARNP, CNM, MS
>Nutrition Specialist
>http://home.attbi.com/~cnmpat/favlowcarbsites.htm
>http://home.attbi.com/~cnmpat/siteindex.htm
>IR, Diabetes and PCOS Relationships
>http://home.attbi.com/~creationsunltd/visualoverview.htm
>
>>Question... The doc gave me progesterone and I took it 10 days a month
>>for 3 months. It regulated my cycle and things were like clockwork
>>those 3 months. I did not take any in Dec and low and behold, no
>>period.
>>
>>Is this something I need to ask the doc to put me on again? My moods
>>.etc were pretty stable when I was taking it due to the fact that my
>>cycle was regular.
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