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Jan 3rd, 2010 - 00:09:53
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Question
I have been on the birth control pill for 22 years and I had to stop it because the MRI showed there was a spot on my liver. They were thinking that the hormones may be related to this. I also have a history of endometriosis.
Can you please give me some ideas for controlling the hot flashes that I am getting since I stopped taking the pill, other than hormones?
Sherri
Answer
Dear Sherri,
Non-hormonal ways of helping hot flashes include Vitamin E, the herb black cohosh, and anti-depressant medications such as Paxil or Prozac. If after further investigation the spot on your liver is not a hormonally related tumor, you could consider bioidentical hormone replacement with estradiol and progesterone, which replaces what your body is missing, instead of the high-dose synthetic hormones in birth control pills.
Mary. Davenport, M.D.
Dr. Mary Davenport is an obstetrician-gynecologist in private practice in El Sobrante, California.
She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Davenport is also a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
She has an NFP-only medical practice and is a Medical Consultant in Natural Family Planning.
She is a board member for CANFP and the American Association of Pro-Life OBGyn's.
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