prometrium for fibroids bleeding and pain

July 18, 2002

Hi I dont post here often, but came to see what was going on. I am

45 have had bad heavy painfulllll periods since age 11. have two

kids 24,22 and two misacarriages back then. Right now dr has me on

prometrium for fibroid and the rest. My question is - first dose my

dr had me on for 3months trial on day 12-day 25 of my cycle. he took

great pains to explain when to take this. so I go yesterday and

after I get home with the prescription it say day 1-14. so I called

and he said oh yea start on the first day of the month. I said well

am supposed to start today for day 12 naw start aug 1. I said no

matter what day it is of my cycle?? sure. now I was under the

impression from what he said 3 months ago that it worked with my

excess estrogen and that is why you take it at a certain time.... so

I wasnt very impressed when he didnt even tell me he changed it.

also another question ( sorry so long!) I told him that from day 12-

25 while on the prometrium i have absolutely NO sex drive not even a

tad. he said never heard of that, laughed and said well take a time

out a break. didnt find that too professional as i just wanted to

know if that was a symptom or what. on the other hand he is very

good at making sure i have ultrasounds done to check the fibroid,

has done biopsy to check uterine tissue etc.. and here in NS canada

not easy to get into a dr.

i do have bvery bad pains off and on where i thought the fibroid was

but he said it is higher that is nearer the ovary so now he will

make sure they check that area in the ultrasound. i also told hima

friend just had ovarian cancer so wanted to make sure.

any responses will be interesting as I am curious about this.

oh and do any of you know about vitE and vit B6 as a help for these

porblems a friends dr told her to take that and she feels great.

thanks cindy

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