YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for December, 2002: Re: Question about Depo shots......

Re: Question about Depo shots......

From: samir fouad Aziz MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:39:59 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Tina wrote: >
>Hi. I am currently getting Depo Provera injections as a form of
>contraception. I been getting them since march 2002, so I am due to get
>my 4th injection this month. According to all of the information on
>Depo Provera, your period should be stopping now. For the time that I
>have been taking the injection I have not bled at all and now the past
>few days that I have been getting closer to my due date, I've had some
>spotting and uncomfortable cramping and pressure in my abdomen. I used
>a heating pad, which usually works for menstral cramps, and it works as
>long as I'm sitting down. The second I get up, the pressure and pain
>comes back. I've been trying to make an appointment with my GYN but
>they say it will be at least a week. I was just wondering if this is
>normal or if I may have something else going on...and if so, what might
>it be?
>
>Thank you so much for any help you can offer,
>Tina

the problem with Dopo-provera is unexpected periods, sometimes periods are totally absent and in some cases bleeding occurs at anytime.

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