WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2002: Re: Loestrin working correctly?

Re: Loestrin working correctly?

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:12:57 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Kris wrote: >
>I am a 30 y/o and have been on Loestrin FE 1/20 for about 6 months. I
>have always had very light periods with this and the second month had
>some spotting at times other than the week I took my inactive pills but
>I attributed this to mty recent switch from Orthocyclen to the Loestrin.
>However, this month I have had more than spotting and what I would
>consider a light period which started the middle of my 2nd week of the
>pack and lasted about 7 days. I had forgotten to take a pill the day
>before the period started but I remembered that evening so only took it
>about 12 hours later than usual.
>Would this have been late enough to throw off my cycle or is it likely
>that the Loestrin is not a high enough dose for me and is not an
>effective means of birth control? I am unsure whether I should be using
>back up birth control methods if it is likely that this pill is not
>regulating my cycle appropriately. I'll appreciate any advice.

Perhaps Loestrin is not high enough for you ,try another cycle.

-- Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol Buenos Aires Argentina

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