Medroxyprogesterone acetate
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Sep 10, 2026
Bianca JohnsonGUEST
And so we'll just get back on the bandwagon and try again.
Bianca JohnsonGUEST
And I think also it's helpful to know I had been on Depo-Provera, the injection, for almost 20 years at that point.
Bianca JohnsonGUEST
on and off.
Bianca JohnsonGUEST
And it had taken 18 months for me to get my period back once I'd gone off it.
Eugenie KrugerHOST
I see so many clients that are on so many different medications.
Eugenie KrugerHOST
They've had the Depo-Provera shot For years on a row, they don't even know...
Eugenie KrugerHOST
It's so hard to see sometimes what is their real picture.
Eugenie KrugerHOST
Like for example, if you had a client that's been on antidepressants for 20 years, how do you know what their constitution is? They don't even know who they are [laughs].
JadeHOST
Uh-huh
JocelynHOST
... she told her Depo-Provera, and the doctor asked her how long she had been on it, and she said, like, 10 years.
JadeHOST
10 years, and they like, "Who? Girl, what?"
JocelynHOST
[laughs]
Monica MinjeurHOST
Years of it not ovulating, whether it's from the birth control pill or PCOS or hypothalamic amenorrhea, all of these increase your risk for problems with bone mineral density in some populations.
Monica MinjeurHOST
I specifically want to call out here Depo-Provera.
Monica MinjeurHOST
That's the birth control injection.
Monica MinjeurHOST
And this is associated with significant bone density loss, especially in long-term use in adolescents and young adults who are still working to build their peak bone mass.
Fatima KhanGUEST
So they were given the combined HRT.
Fatima KhanGUEST
And in that one, the estrogen was premarin in both the arms and the progesterone was something called Provera.
Fatima KhanGUEST
And that was a synthetic progesterone.
Fatima KhanGUEST
And that's where there was a slight increased risk breast cancer it was seen after three to five years and it wasn't statistically significant and because they couldn't delineate is it because these women are just over 50 they were in their 60s without that high-risk demographic already so all these things when they've evaluated it over the last 20 years it's like actually it wasn't really significant but essentially it went out to press and the information was that HRD causes breast cancer because before that, there was an 80% prescribing rate in the US and then it dropped down to something like 4%.
Susan HudsonHOST
So our question for today is, can a low intervention approach ever be better? I've done two stem cycles with very low blast rates.
Susan HudsonHOST
First, 150 of Follistim, 75 of Menopur, Provera.
Susan HudsonHOST
She had eight M2s, 100% ICSI fertilization, one blast.
Susan HudsonHOST
The second, I had 225 of Follistim, 225 of Menopur, Ganerolix, seven mature eggs, 100% ICSI, zero blast.
Alison JohnstoneMODERATOR
Don Black.
Don BlackPANELIST
To ask the First Minister what progress the Scottish Government has made in supporting women affected by long-term use of the contraceptive injection Depo-Provera, including on the commitment made by the Minister for Well- um, Mental Wellbeing, Public Health, Sport, Alcohol and Drugs that the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer would write to healthcare professionals regarding the risks associated with its long-term use that have affected women in my constituency, not least that of men- meningiomas.
John SwinneyPANELIST
First Minister.
John SwinneyPANELIST
I have great sympathy with women harmed by this particular drug.
John SwinneyPANELIST
As medicines regulation is reserved to the United Kingdom government, any further investigation is for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the MHRA, to consider.
John SwinneyPANELIST
The Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Public Health, Sport, Alcohol and Drugs met women affected, heard their experiences first hand, and agreed a series of actions.
John SwinneyPANELIST
This week, the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, having taken advice from the MHRA, will write to healthcare professionals across Scotland to highlight the small increased risks associated with the long-term use of Depo-Provera.
John SwinneyPANELIST
Uh, the letter will remind clinicians to describe clearly the risks associated with the drug, uh, review any prescribing every two years in line with guidance, and take appropriate actions if a tumor is suspected.
Lucky SekhonHOST
Mm-hmm.
Alicia RobbinsHOST
And that has never been shown to increase breast cancer risk the way that MPA, or medroxyprogesterone acetate, or Provera did.
Alicia RobbinsHOST
I think one distinction that we should make, which can be confusing, is that hormone therapy, estrogen, progestin, can accelerate a already existing breast cancer that's there.
Alicia RobbinsHOST
That's why women who have ER/PR-positive breast cancer are not generally candidates for HRT, especially during treatment.
Shawn TassoneGUEST
Yeah, so there's not a lot of really good options.
Shawn TassoneGUEST
Things like Nexplanon and Depo-Provera, those are for young people who can't remember to take their pills.
Shawn TassoneGUEST
There's too many side effects and issues.
Shawn TassoneGUEST
I don't use those in women in their 40s.
Casey JordanHOST
But the point is the sexual drive caused by hormones, caused by biological drives, caused is lessened tremendously.
Casey JordanHOST
And the men who have argued for this are like, I don't even, I'm on Depo-Provera, I'm on anti-androgens, they're not cutting it.
Casey JordanHOST
Also, I have this thing with my prostate and I think if that were removed, that would be super helpful.
Casey JordanHOST
I want my prostate removed and I want to be castrated.
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