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What Causes Terrible Headache After Taking Microgestin?
I am a 45 year old women that has been taking Microgestin Fe 1.5 birth control, I get terrible headaches around my period and I have gained quit a bit of weight, (eat normal and excercise) so my doctor suggested, Lo Loestrin Fe, could I lose a few pounds due to the lower estrogen? Thank you.
Mon, 29 Oct 2018
Hello,
The lower estrogen content of the pill may very well help with a couple of things. One would be the intensity of the headaches and the other may be a less significant weight gain effect than perhaps the other pill caused.
There are approaches and medications that work very well for premenstrual headaches if this is NOT a new problem or one that is being made WORSE by the Microgestin Fe.
A headache specialist could help you along those lines.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
The lower estrogen content of the pill may very well help with a couple of things. One would be the intensity of the headaches and the other may be a less significant weight gain effect than perhaps the other pill caused.
There are approaches and medications that work very well for premenstrual headaches if this is NOT a new problem or one that is being made WORSE by the Microgestin Fe.
A headache specialist could help you along those lines.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
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