Re: Baffling Pain...
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:21:11 -0600 (CST)
This certainly is strange. The pains you describe should have no
association with the pill but there are things called "idiosyncratic
reactions" meaning that something strange is happening to someone that
isn't normally seen or expected from a certain circumstance. If this
persists, see the doctor when you can.
Dr. M
At Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Anon wrote:
>
>Hello! Three months ago I began taking ortho-tricyclen for my horrible
>cramps. Since I've started taking them, I have developed an AWFUL pain
>beginning about day 7 or 8 of the pills. My entire reproductive system
>feels like it knots up. I have pain in my pelvis radiating almost into
>my back and into my vagina. It comes and goes so I am not in constant
>pain. I went to a clinic last month and thought it was possibly due to
>a cyst (which they did't verify)...and ASSURED me that it was not the
>birth control pills. Finally the pain went away, and sure enough it is
>back again this month. My medical insurance won't kick in until Jan 1
>so I'll have to wait until then to go to an ob-gyn. Could it be the
>pills? Are my symptoms indicitive of a cyst? Possibly something my body
>would have done even if I wasn't on the pill? Nobody I know has gone
>through this, and I can't find anything on the internet.
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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