LCer09 said:Quoted message said:
LEPFAN1 wrote:
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You might want to look elsewhere for your weight gain. My wife has been
on Depo Provera since the mid-eighties and is 105lb and 5'4". Of my five
daughters, two are also using it; both are slim and healthy. It is
highly unlikely that Depo Provera would increase weight by as much as
40lbs without it becoming a widely known and well publicised fact.
I thought it was a widley known fact.
No, it isn't. It known that *some* women experience a small,
non-permanent weight gain, nothing like the gain attributed to Depo
Provera by the OP. According to Australian Pharmaceutical testing both
prior to approval and subsequent to approval, the average gain in test
subjects who were already more than 10% overweight resulted in an
average gain of 5.3lbs over twelve months and 8.2 lbs over twenty-four
months. With women in a normal healthy weight range at the start of
testing, weight gain was slight in the early stages and not extant at
the twelve month marker. In women of normal weight who exercised
regularly the weight gain was not apparent.
The real risk with Depo Provera is far more serious, but relatively easy
to circumvent. It accelerates osteoporosis rather dramatically. The
included documentation notes this but many women who use it do not take
a daily calcium supplement and are now experiencing bone density losses.
A question, have your wife or daughters
Quoted message said:ever tried to go off the depo?
Yes, after a kidney infection and hospital stay my wife stopped for
nearly a year. One daughter stopped for two years to have a baby.
Neither had weight problems, *but* as I often emphasise, they all are
very active people with daily exercise as a part of their lifestyle.
We have always had a swimming pool and lived in waterfront homes, so
they are used to swimming, kayaking, tennis and walking (dogs) as a part
of their everyday routine when growing up. Even when moving to city
apartments they continue to exercise. All are gym members and all walk
or jog daily.
We have also had very healthy eating habits, fresh foods, much of it
home grown (permaculture is a hobby of mine) nothing with preservatives
or chemicals, low saturated fats etc. My children grew up without an
excess of snack foods or candy, they were reserved for special treats,
and they were not allowed soft drinks (sodas) at all. They were given
natural fruit flavoured mineral water.
I worked in fitness and weight-loss areas with a number of women who
used Depo Provera and was quite interested in the result of changes to
their metabolism & fitness levels etc., and monitored them quite
carefully. I have very detailed records on more than four hundred
clients, mostly women, and always monitored any changes in medication,
diet, birth control and have noted no negative changes when beginning or
ending Depo Provera.
I am not keen on any chemical/pharmaceutical intervention in a person's
body, but this is a choice made for convenience by women and is not
based on a man's opinion on optimum health potential. If I were a woman
I suspect that I would override my doubts and do the same. Depo Provera
seems to be one birth control option that (in an otherwise healthy
woman) seems to have little negative effect.
Come to think of it, was depo even out in the
Quoted message said:mid 80s? Was she in a test market or something?
Depo Provera was released in Australia in the late seventies. My wife
went onto it in the eighties after several of her friends from high
school had been using it without ill effect for several years.
Quoted message said:LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/166/140
& hubby- 6' 310/188/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos
Just had a peek at your photo's. Looking good, doing well. <g>
Regards
David
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