ATTENTION: Third Generation Birth Control Pills Should be BANNED!!!

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Well,I would have liked a better warning from my doctor before I went on them again at age 37. It was a HUGE mistake for me. I do not think doctors educate women enough on these matters. We have to take this into our own hands. My daughter will know all of the plusses and minus's of this stuff. Doctors are so quick to give out meds and they don't watch us. We have to watch ourselves.See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage.

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Good Morning Ladies, I hope ya'll are having a good day thus far. I

feel so clueless as what to do about my " contact pain. " The two

OBGYN's I've seen haven't recommended that I try meds or creams or

anything for that matter. The first doctor referred me to Stanford

and the second doctor referred me to a Neurology Chiropractor. My

opinion is that my mucous skin may be thinned out and has no

elasticity to it. I want a doctor to confirm that for me and put me

on some type of cream to repair the skin if needed. Does anyone know

what creams would be good for that? My skin is very sensitive, so

it'd have to be alcohol and fragance free. A couple a days ago I felt

a flare up coming on in my inner labia and on down that makes me want

to itch. mentioned I should go buy Grapefruit Seed Extract

for the yeast, because I believe its still lingering in my body, even

though my doctor did a culture and saw no signs. I am currently

taking birth control and am on Velivet which is a third generation

birth control pill. It contains synthetic progestin called

desogestrel which doubles the risk of life-threatening blood clots,

which I was unaware of until now. I googled this info today, because

I was wondering if Velivet which is a generic brand is making my VVS

symptoms worse which may be the cause. I am calling my Nurse

Practioner today to schedule an appt. to get off Velivet and go back

to Yasmin or Othro. Even though that'll cost be $50 a month versus

$10 a month for Velivet, my life is more important than money.

ATTENTION: An advocacy group said in a petition filed with the FDA

that these pills should be banned, which are & 's

Ortho-Cept and Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Reclipsen, Barr's

Mircette, Velivet, Kariva and Apri-28, as well as Organon's Desogen.

If any of you ladies are taking these generic brands or knows someone

who is, I highly advise you to inform them on this information! Check

out this website www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/754425970

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" All " birth control pills have the potential to cause blood

clots, especially for those that are over 35 and smoke. Yes,

including Yasmin. But as long as the doctor is watching

carefully the patient with her different history it shoould be

ok.

Sorry, but I don't agree that pills like Mircette, Desogen,

Ortho-Cept (generic for Desogen) should be banned. If these get

banned you make it harder for those who have been helped by

these medications for their endometriosis and Polycystic Ovarian

Syndrome (of which I have both) to find a medication that works

for them. They may not have anything available to them control

symptoms especially for endometriosis because sometimes surgery

is not enough. I actually did very well on Desogen for my

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome but had to change to a different

brand more than once because of treating my endo.

The advocacy group can file a petition all they want to the FDA

but the FDA will not do anything about it unless there are

multiple deaths reported to them on the part of the families of

patients that have died. This is what happened with Vioxx.

It was the number of deaths that caused them to take it off the

market and it was hundreds of deaths, not just a few here or

there.

Kristy

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If you ask me, you probably need to go off the pill - these synthetic

hormones are known triggers for vulvar conditions (the inserts even say

they can cause vulvar pain and irritation). And the cream you need for

improved elasticity is estrace (bio-identical estrogen). If the

ingredients in it irritate you (like they did for me) you can have it

compounded in a non-irritating base, costs about $45 and lasts for

months.

Melinda

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Hi there. I just had to add my 2 cents on this also. My sister, age 40, was put on a low-dose birth control pill last year for very heavy bleeding and pain with periods. My father has a blood-clotting disorder and my sister talked to her doctor about this at length. They ran some tests to see if my sister had this blood-clotting gene. The blood work turned out okay. My sister was also going to Florida for a vacation. All of which put her at higher risk for blood clots (being on a plane, age 40, family history of blood clots and also family history of heart disease) when taking the pill. The doctor kept pushing this on her telling her this was a good solution for her periods. She finally decided to try it and 6 weeks later, she developed a blood clot. This has caused her lots of problems and almost killed her. She has to be on Coumadin for the rest of her life now. Just wanted to bring that to everyones attention when thinking about taking birth control pills. Please look at your risk factors before making that decision.

Mindy>> "All" birth control pills have the potential to cause blood> clots, > > Kristy > > > > __________________________________________________>

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And remember that it is the " ingredients " in birth control pills that cause

problems. Estrogen? Estradiol? Progesterone? I don't know which and would

have to look it up. Taking them for whatever reason, birth control, HRT, etc.

etc. could be risky.

Ora

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:08:32 -0700 (PDT), Kristy Sokoloski

wrote:

> " All " birth control pills have the potential to cause blood

>clots,