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Re: Fibroids...again..

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:11:48 -0500 (CDT)


At Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Sandy wrote: >
>Sorry to be a pain. I started on Depo Provera a few days ago to
>hopefully shrink fibroids. I am having a lot of cramping, pressure, and
>back pain. The spotting/bleeding seems to have let up. Is this still
>normal? I had to take a 800mg Motrin this morning to go to work! Am I
>going to have to go through this till I have a hysterectomy? Please
>help. Thanks.

Depo will sometimes help with the bleeding caused by fibroids. It usually doesn't help with the pain caused by fibroids. Lupron will usually cause a the bleeding and pain to stop and about 40% of the time will cause the fibroids to shrink a little.

RDB

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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