Provera, what if it doesn't work?

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Registered: 04-13-2003
Provera, what if it doesn't work?
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Sun, 10-12-2003 - 5:19pm
hi, my doc gave me provera, 20 mg a day to help me slough off some of my endometrium lining which has gotten a little thick and to get my periods more regular, well, i finished a 10 day course of provera yesterday and nothing, should it work while i'm taking it, when does it usually start to work, what if it doesn't work, what usually happens, please help.

thanks.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 10-12-2003 - 5:51pm
I'm in the middle of a 10 day treatment of Provera myself. How did you make out on it? I feel like I'm in the middle of a long stretch of PMS. I've gained 3 pounds and my breasts are very sore.

My doctor told me my period would start 3-5 days after I stop the Provera, so you have some time left. If it hasn't started by then, you should call your doc. Has he mentioned anything about doing an endometrial biopsy? That is where they scrape some of the endometrial lining to find out why it's thick. It's an office procedure and should give you more information, especially if the Provera doesn't work for you.

Karen

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Registered: 10-13-2003
Mon, 10-13-2003 - 11:45am
I had the same thing happen. Your period won't start for about a week or so. I called my physician after I finished my dose and he said not to worry. Sure enough, it worked. Let me know what happens.
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Registered: 10-12-2003
Mon, 10-13-2003 - 12:57pm
Provera is a hormone that actually puts your uterus and ovaries into a type of sleep. It is resting and trying to heal itself by not working. It will take at least a week for the hormone to be completely out of your system. It didnt work for me, I bled all the way through. Hope you have better luck on your short course. Suziedee
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Registered: 04-13-2003
Tue, 10-14-2003 - 5:38am
Hi Karen,

I had a biopsy done in July. A few months earlier i had a normal ultrasound,then i had a very long and strange period, so they redid an ultrasound two months later and found two growths. I had a d&c and they removed the growths which turned out to be fibroids. they did the scraping and found nothing abnormal. everything came back fine. they believe my situation is hormonal, could be stress or my weight, but to get rid of that thickening theyput me on provera. i was very pms-like on it. i just hope that it works, don't know exactly what to expect.

Let me know how you do.

bernadette
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Registered: 10-23-2003
Thu, 10-23-2003 - 7:34pm
I started this yesterday, the 10 day cycle. Finding this thread helped. :)