WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2003: Re: depo-provera

Re: depo-provera

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:54:01 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 4 Mar 2003, angela wrote: >
>I was on the depo provera shot for two years starting at the age of 16.
>I have stopped taking the shot and have been off of it for 5 years. I
>still do not have a period and am wondering if I will ever be able to
>conceive again. My doctor has given me medication to jumpstart my
>period but nothing has worked. I can not get any straight answers about
>long term effects of the shot and am very dissappointed in that I may
>have permanently harmed my body. I started taking the shot because I
>did not want to have more children as a teenager and I feel i was not
>given all of the information i needed at the time. I am 24 now and can
>not conceive. It seemed like the plausible solution for me as a
>teenager but the long term effects are not worth it.

I think you deserve a full hormonal work up.

-- Hector Nemirovsky M.D. Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina Private Practice, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Note: opinions expressed here are for educational purposes only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient relationship. This information is not intended to supplant the need for you to consult with your physician prior to choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions.

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