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Re: hormones/natural progestrone/depo provera
From: Katherine (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:33:14 -0600 (CST)
Hi Robin,
I believe the Prometrium works the same way as Depo Provera on your
reproductive organs, so you should be able to interchange them. Just
the dosing will be different as the Prometrium in a daily pill, instead
of an injection you get every couple months. I also believe that
Prometrium is used to bring on periods by using it for two weeks and
then stopping. It is this cessation of use that brings on the period,
as far as I know. You could probably take it every day to prevent
getting a period. But I am not a doc. Ask your doctor, and if she
doesn't know, ask her to research it. Or switch your doctors. You need
to get satisfactory help with your problem. Good luck!
At Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Robin wrote:
>
>Thanks Katherine, just one more question, from what I have read about
>Proterium it starts your period and my doctor and I are not wanting me
>to have any periods. She has put me in sort of a chemical menopause
>until I can actually be considered menopause. At that time she thinks
>the fibroid will disappear, endometrial lining will shrink and no more
>heavy periods. That is why I am on Depo Provera, just don't like the
>nasty side effects. Will I continue not to have periods with Proterium?
>>
>>Robin, I doubt your doc would want you to use the cream, simply because
>>it would be hard to control the dose you get (concentration may vary
>>from lot to lot as the cream is not regulated by FDA, the amount you
>>apply may vary, and the amount absorbed may vary). Ask your doc about
>>Prometrium, which is natural progesterone in a micronized oral pill. You
>>may be able to use this instead of the Depo. You need to tell your doc
>>about the side effects you are having. Good luck and let us know how
>>you do.
>>
>>At Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Robin wrote:
>>>
>>>I have had really heavy periods for the last 4 or
>>>5 years. Three years ago my doctor gave me
>>>injections of Lupron (sp?) for 6 months to stop
>>>my period. Prior to that she scheduled me for an
>>>ultra sound to make sure everything was okay and
>>>there was no underlying reasons for my heavy
>>>bleeding. I did have a large fibroid, outside of
>>>uterus, my endometrial lining (sp)was about 2 1/2
>>>inches thick and I had a small cyst on one of my
>>>ovaries. After the Lupron injection for 6 months
>>>she then had me injected for another 6 months,
>>>every two months with Depo Provera to keep me
>>>from having a period. Another ultra sound was
>>>taken and my lining had shed to less that half of
>>>what it was and the fibroid also shrunk to less
>>>than half of the previous size and the cyst was
>>>gone from my ovary. She had such good results I
>>>am still having the Depo Provera injection every
>>>two months. She wants to keep this up until I go
>>>into menopause on my own. I guess I am what you
>>>call premenopause without the periods but I have
>>>lots of the symptons. Weight gain, insominia,
>>>bloating and stomach aches, spotting, dark brown,
>>>every other month, very little, lack of sexual
>>>desire, headaches off and on, no major ones,
>>>vaginal dryness, anxiety. All the symptoms of
>>>PMS, premenopause and symptoms from the Depo
>>>Provera. My question, finally is, I have been
>>>reading Dr. Lee regarding natural progesterone,
>>>with Provera being synthetic and not natural. If
>>>I stop the Depo Provera and use a natural
>>>progesterone cream will it also continue to stop
>>>my periods the same as the injection of Depo
>>>Provera? That is what my doctor is wanting to do,
>>>no heavy periods until she can get me through
>>>menopause in which the fibroids should disappear
>>>and any problems with the lining of my
>>>endometrium. Also I should mention I have
>>>fibrostic breasts and have annual mammograms
>>>which have all turned out okay and annual paps
>>>and none have came back positive. I just hate all
>>>the side effects and natural progrestone promises
>>>some relief of all or some of my symptoms. And
>>>it's supposed to be natural. This Depo Provera
>>>injection to whenever....is really concerning me.
>>>
>>>Thank you for whatever you can offer or even just
>>>what I can ask or talk to my doctor about. She is
>>>very open and we communicate well, I just don't
>>>know where to start. I don't want her to feel
>>>like I'm trying to do her job.
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