WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2000: Re: ? about BCP's

Re: ? about BCP's

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:01:55 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 28 Jun 2000, morgan wrote: >
>In the last 2 years I have switched BCP's 3 times...twice because they
>were making me VERY moody and once because of really bad headaches(ortho
>tri cyclen, marvelon and triphasil if that matters), I thought I was
>happy with the one I was on now (Alesse)but over the last few months its
>been causing me to have some spotting and its been making me feel on
>edge all the time, so I would like to switch because there has to be
>something out there that'll be fine for me. I am just wondering if me
>having a hard time finding a pill that doesnt give me trouble is an
>uncommon thing? Does this happen to a lot of women? Also my mom was
>telling me that she was always told you go on the same pill your mom was
>on, is this true?

Morgan, Unfortunately, most pills aren't around long enough for you to go on the pill your mom was on. Another unfortunate thing is that the pill is blamed for a lot of things that it isn't responsible for. For instance, I can think of no reason why any oral contraceptive would make an individual "on edge". One must look at other sources for the cause of this kind of symptom. I personally have had good success changing patients to Lo-Ovral for bleeding problems while on the phasic pills. There is a different progesterone formulation that minimizes the bleeding difficulties on the other pills. My final thought is the fact that you really have to stay on a pill for a while to assure that it won't be the one for you. It strikes me that you have been switched to often and when the switch is made it is a "lateral move". In other words even though the brand name is changed, the hormonal content of these various pills is the same... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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