i use condoms for birth control. my period got delayed for 4 days so my doc gave me Provera(10mg/tablet) to be taken for 5 days. i got my period in the evening of the fifth day of medication. she also gave me ALTHEA birth control pills (2mg Cyproterone Acetate + 0.35mg Ethinylestradiol) since it will offer birth control plus prevent acne. i started taking it starting on my first day of menstruation. after taking it for 10 days, i got shortness of breath, heart palpitations and numbness on my hands so i stopped. i'm now having brownish/light reddish vaginal discharges. it's my 12th day since i got on that pill. i took a home pregnancy test and it came back negative. i did not have sex during the time i took the pills until this time (since my boyfriend went on training for two months and won't be back till June). should i be worried?
2007-04-11 20:21:47 · 1 answers · asked by tanya g 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Some spotting while being on the pills is normal because the body is adjusting to being on it, but because of the situation you had with the other side effects sometimes spotting can occur because now it no longer has the hormone going in to it.
Pls get in touch with your dr to let her know what happened with the shortness of breath and the other symptoms.
2007-04-11 22:31:12 · answer #1 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋