I am new to this sight and hoping that
someone can help me. I was diagnosed
with lupus in march 2002. So I guess it
has been about 3 years now. I had a
severe flare in the beginning, thats how I
found out. At the time I was on birth
control. My first doctor told me to get
off. I stop taking them, and started
taking plaquenil. About 1 year ago, I
stop taking the plaquenil also. I have
not had a flare up in almost 2 years.
I would like to try birth control pills
again. My new doctor said that for most
lupus patients, a low dose bc pill works
fine. It may even help reduce flare ups.
A year ago I tried for 3 days, and
started to get joint pain so I stopped.
But the blood tests I took just before
this was spiked. So I don't know if I
tried the pill just when I was getting a
fare up or if it caused a flare up.
Has anyone had any experience with bc and
lupus?
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HangNguyen
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Bay Area
Lupus And Birth Control? Posted: 03-29-05 22:24pm
I've been taking bc for 2-3 yrs now. I do
have families history of lupus on my
maternal side. I've recently tested ana
and found out it's positive. I guess I
have had it all my life but didn't know
about it. I'm not sure if i'm paranoid
or not, but I did noticed that I have foul
odor when I first started taking bc.
I've told my obgyn n she just ignored n
didn't respond. She just think I have
uti. I'm not seeing a rheumatologist
since i'm not having any flares up, not as
of yet. I'm still taking bc pills, I do
noticed that from time to time I get
dizzy/fatigue, my body feels hot/cold, I
sweat a lot too, and blure vision. Is
that lupus symptoms for flares up or
something else? Should I continue to take
bc or stop the medication?
Javascript:emoticon(':cry:')
crying or very sad
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becky0424
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 13 Location: florida
Bc And Lupus Posted: 11-14-05 18:22pm
I take the depo provera shot- I was told
by the doctor that this is the only one
you can take on lupus because and extra
estrogen will cause flare up- I have never
taken pills, but I have never had any
problems on the depo and I have been on
depo for 3 years now.
