10th November 2006
I just found this written by heartsicle (hope you don't mind my copying it here, but its very useful and informative!) on this website:
"Yasmin has 30mcgm of estrogen, and 3.0mg of progestin called "drospirenone". You might recognise the "spir" in it is similar to "spironolactone", which some women use to control their acne. Spironocultane (also known as "aldactone") is a potassium-sparing medication that was initially used to treat heart and liver failure. It was then discovered that spironocultane also had anti-androgenic properties. Some women take spiro. alone in high doses. In low doses it has no effect; i.e., Yasmin pills have a very low dose of spiro. But the Spironolactone derivitive WITH estrogen in the Yasmin pill is the magic potion that helps combat hirutism and other crappy side effects of androgens/male hormones, i.e., acne!"
If your Doctor won't prescribe Yasmin because she feels the estrogen is too high (though its still classed as 'low dose'), maybe you could try a combination of one of the pills with lower estrogen and low androgen activity, and spironolactone as well, as suggested by skimom? There are lots on discussions on this board about spironolactone on this board - just search for "spiro".
Good luck!
PS To skimom in particular, and everyone else on here who posts, this board is an incredibly useful resource, thank you thank you thank you! Here's hoping that Yasmin works for me!!
"Yasmin has 30mcgm of estrogen, and 3.0mg of progestin called "drospirenone". You might recognise the "spir" in it is similar to "spironolactone", which some women use to control their acne. Spironocultane (also known as "aldactone") is a potassium-sparing medication that was initially used to treat heart and liver failure. It was then discovered that spironocultane also had anti-androgenic properties. Some women take spiro. alone in high doses. In low doses it has no effect; i.e., Yasmin pills have a very low dose of spiro. But the Spironolactone derivitive WITH estrogen in the Yasmin pill is the magic potion that helps combat hirutism and other crappy side effects of androgens/male hormones, i.e., acne!"
If your Doctor won't prescribe Yasmin because she feels the estrogen is too high (though its still classed as 'low dose'), maybe you could try a combination of one of the pills with lower estrogen and low androgen activity, and spironolactone as well, as suggested by skimom? There are lots on discussions on this board about spironolactone on this board - just search for "spiro".
Good luck!
PS To skimom in particular, and everyone else on here who posts, this board is an incredibly useful resource, thank you thank you thank you! Here's hoping that Yasmin works for me!!