WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2000: Re: Depo Provera-- Help!!

Re: Depo Provera-- Help!!

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:39:23 -0500 (CDT)

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DepoProvera can certainly do this. One way around this is to go on birth control pills to override the efects of the Depo. It can take 3-18 months for the Depo to completely leave your system.

HSM

At Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Anika wrote: >
>I am 22 years old and I got my first Depo shot about 6 months ago. After
>being on it a month I started menstrating and have not stopped since!
>Yes, I have had my period for 5 months in a row, not even a day of rest.
>I went in to have it renewed 3 months ago. I told my doctor I had been
>bleeding for 2 months and she said I was normal and I just had to wait
>it out...she said I should be fine after my 6-9 month shot. After
>bleeding through the entire 3-6 months of being on the shot I decided
>not to renew it. It has been expired now for about 2 weeks and I'm now
>bleeding heavier than I was before!!! What is happening to me? Although
>my doctor says I am normal, I feel far from normal. On top of that,
>since the expiration of my shot I have been noticing large blood clots.
>What are these anyway, and should I be getting such large ones?? Please
>help. . .

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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