WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2000: adjustment to alesse/infections from partner? (Dr. Wang?)

adjustment to alesse/infections from partner? (Dr. Wang?)

From: Emme (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:55:28 -0600 (CST)

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these questions were in an earlier post today, but when dr. wang kindly answered my questions, I think he only addressed the question in my second post. Could someone answer these for me? Thanks!

My period started overnight between Friday and Saturday, and I took the first pill of Allesse yesterday am. I was on Triphasil late Feb-early Sept. and then took two months off of bcps due to side effects. **Could you remind me of what to expect when first starting the pill? Headaches? nausea? I don't remember my starting Triphasil as being particularly awful, so hopefully Allesse (as a low, low dose) will be virtually painless. Is there any reason why people would have reactions to this pill, that they wouldn't have to a higher dose (35mcg) pill?

Also, how long should it take your body to get adjusted? 1 week? 3 months? And how long does it take the Pill to enter into your system when you take it everyday (ie. would you feel the effects more in the am or the evening if you took it early in the morning?)

Secondly, my flow was very heavy Saturday and half of yesterday (which is normal) but today seems to be very sparse. Is this because I started taking the pills? (I am unsure of how the mechanisms work).

i had an unanswered question from a post last week: if I get bacterial infections from my partner (group b, gardnerella) is it present on his penis all of the time, or only in his ejaculate? (we use condoms so i wonder if he even needs to have a culture done or something...treatment of the partner does not seem to be the usual course of action according to some of the drs on this site.) i don't know if the infections are the result of bacterial overgrowth that occurs when i take antibiotics, or if they are coming from him.

Thanks so much again!

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