I'm 39 and still on the combined birth control pill (Yaz) to treat my PCOS. I need the anti-androgen drospirenone that's in Yaz to treat my PCOS. Recently I had two uterine polyps discovered and removed. My gyno says I should switch to a lower estrogen pill or get off estrogen. The problem is, there is no lower estrogen combined birth control pill that contains drospirenone. Slynd exists, which is drospirenone-only, but I'm terrified to quit estrogen cold turkey because I'm scared of weight gain and the last time I lost half my hair which never grew back (already battling androgenic alopecia). I'm not interested in birth control, I just need an anti-androgen and wondering if I could take a lower dose estrogen on the side with either Slynd or spironolactone to wean off it to avoid my hormones going nuts. Could I get a prescription for Slynd, with a low dose estrogen pill? Or get a prescription for spironolactone, with a very low dose of estrogen? Is that even possible? I plan on asking my gyno but I hope that's not a stupid thing to ask.
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