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Re: hormones/natural progestrone/depo provera
From: Robin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:19:22 -0600 (CST)
Thanks Katherine.
At Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Katherine wrote:
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>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:
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>>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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