Had to Stop Birth Control Pill for Causing Spot on my Liver
Question
I have been on the birth control pill for 22 years and I had to stop it because the MRI showed there was a spot on my liver. They were thinking that the hormones may be related to this. I also have a history of endometriosis.
Can you please give me some ideas for controlling the hot flashes that I am getting since I stopped taking the pill, other than hormones?
Sherri
Answer
Last Updated: November 22, 2021
Dear Sherri,
Non-hormonal ways of helping hot flashes include Vitamin E, the herb black cohosh, and anti-depressant medications such as Paxil or Prozac. If after further investigation the spot on your liver is not a hormonally related tumor, you could consider bioidentical hormone replacement with estradiol and progesterone, which replaces what your body is missing, instead of the high-dose synthetic hormones in birth control pills.
Mary. Davenport, M.D.
Non-hormonal ways of helping hot flashes include Vitamin E, the herb black cohosh, and anti-depressant medications such as Paxil or Prozac. If after further investigation the spot on your liver is not a hormonally related tumor, you could consider bioidentical hormone replacement with estradiol and progesterone, which replaces what your body is missing, instead of the high-dose synthetic hormones in birth control pills.
Mary. Davenport, M.D.
Answered By:
Mary Davenport, MD, MS
Mary Davenport, MD, FACOG, an obstetrician/gynecologist from the Oakland Region of California, offers telehealth services over MyCatholicDoctor.com She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed her residency at UC San Diego. Dr. Davenport is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and serves on the Advisory Board of the California Association of Natural Family Planning.
