Posted by AnneL on October 14, 2001, at 18:07:42
In reply to Anne, I found a website, posted by Kaysey on October 14, 2001, at 16:44:41
Hi Kaysey,
I was just going to recommend that you go to Berlex's website and you found it, great! It was available for prescription on June 15, I believe.
It is 3 mg. drospirenone and 30 mcg. of ethinyl estradiol. In addition to the normal precautions for those who should not use the Pill are those women who take medications such as ACE inhibitors
(blood pressure/heart medications) or any medication that is potassium sparing. This may lead to potentially dangerous elevated serum potassium levels. Drosperinone as I said before is an analog of Aldactone which is a brand name of a potassium-sparing diuretic (water pill). If you are not on any of these types of medications there is no danger. It is monophasic, for other readers, meaning that the levels of the progestin and estrogen remain the same during the 3 weeks of "active" or hormone containing pills. This helps some women to remain more "even". Besides a crying jag and a worsening of my depression (those in themselves were bad enough) I did get daily headaches and unfortunately, this analog of Aldactone can cause headaches.You said you are 43 and need it for hormonal reasons and not for contraceptive purposes. Can you use hormone replacement therapy instead? May I ask why you need it for hormonal reasons? Anne
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