Guest guest Posted October 10, 2000 Report Share Posted October 10, 2000 Hey, gang!! I wrote in requesting info about birth control the other day but got no answers....I'm sure that everyone thought that someone else would answer but no one did!! If someone could shed some light on whether or not I need to stop taking the pills before surgery, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2000 Report Share Posted October 10, 2000 > Hey, gang!! I wrote in requesting info about birth control the other day but > got no answers....I'm sure that everyone thought that someone else would > answer but no one did!! If someone could shed some light on whether or not I > need to stop taking the pills before surgery, I would really appreciate it. > Thanks!!! > > Hi , Dr. R. recommends barrier methods or combinations for the first two years. Especially while you are really losing. I guess our hormone levels fluctuate so much with the weight loss that the pill or the provera shot can't be counted on to be effective enough. It is really important that any pregnancies after surgery are very planned. Hope that helps. Its been a big chage for us. Laurie 9/20/00 319/287/150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2000 Report Share Posted October 10, 2000 Warning to women using Oral Contraceptives (Birth Control Pills): More than 80 million women worldwide take " the pill " to prevent pregnancy. Typical failure rates among pill users are as high as 12% to 20% in some surveys. Other factors have been shown to increase the risk of pill failure: smoking, diarrhea and/or vomiting drug interactions, systemic illness, psychological stress, menstrual disturbances. CONCLUSION: BC Pills may not be an effective method after the Mini-Gastric Bypass until those factors have resolved. An unplanned pregnancy can be one of life's most difficult experiences. Thoughts and feelings are often confusing. It can be hard to know what to do. Here is an article that does the best in explaining the known risks of BCP failure in patients after Mini-Gastric Bypass: What they found causes BC Pill failure: Smoking (Some of us) Diarrhea and/or vomiting (46%) (Yep!) Drug interactions (33%) (Yep!) Systemic illness (Yep!) Severe psychological stress (Yep!) Menstrual disturbances (Yep!) So CONCLUSION: BC Pills may not be an effective method of Birth Control after the operation until those factors have resolved. N Z Med J 1989 Nov 8;102(879):575-7 Pregnancies in reliable pill takers. Sparrow MJ Parkview Clinic, Wellington Hospital. This study is an extension of a previous study on oral contraceptive pill method failure in reliable pill takers. It documents 137 cases which presented during the 3 year period from December 1985 to December 1988. The most important new finding is that smoking is a significant risk factor in failure on the combined pill (67% were smokers, n = 118), but not on the progestagen-only pill, although the numbers in the latter group were small (n = 19). Diarrhea and/or vomiting (46%) and drug interactions (33%) are confirmed as important predisposing factors. Systemic illness and/or severe psychological stress may also affect pill utilization and such factors were found in 47%. Menstrual disturbances were found in 32% of women on the combined pill and 68% of these were smokers. Multiple factors were present in most cases (79%). Repeat failures occurred in 25% RR Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery 4301 Ben lin Blvd. Durham, N.C. 27704 Telephone #: Fax #: Email: DrR@... ************************************************ Please Visit our Web site: http://clos.net ************************************************ Please join the Mini-Gastric Bypass Community at http://www.egroups.com/group/MiniGastricBypass Get the Mini-Gastric Bypass Patient Education Manual ( http://www.clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm ) Re: Digest Number 2273 > Hey, gang!! I wrote in requesting info about birth control the other day but > got no answers....I'm sure that everyone thought that someone else would > answer but no one did!! If someone could shed some light on whether or not I > need to stop taking the pills before surgery, I would really appreciate it. > Thanks!!! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2000 Report Share Posted October 11, 2000 , I don't think you need to stop the pill before surgery but he will recommend that you stop it after surgery due to possible nausea. I am on them not for birth control but for hormone replacement. Am going to play it by ear I think for a month and then talk with my GYN - am not interested in being nauseous all the time. If you are on them for birth control you need to seek another method and Depo is apparently not an answer because of nausea. on MGB 10/04/00 Preop 275 10/10/00 269 > Hey, gang!! I wrote in requesting info about birth control the other day but > got no answers....I'm sure that everyone thought that someone else would > answer but no one did!! If someone could shed some light on whether or not I > need to stop taking the pills before surgery, I would really appreciate it. > Thanks!!! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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