Mircette vs alesse

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Avatar m tn ve been told that its 1mg of norethindrone is still pretty androgenic especially for those who already have an imbalance. Would Mircette be an option with desogestrel being less angrogenic? Also, any experience with prescribed HALF tab of OC? (ie. instead of Loestrin 1/20.. use 0.5/10 for hormonal imbalance?) Just concerned about initial breakout. Just some background... I have not used OC previously.
Avatar n tn Alesse to control my irregular menstrual cycle and iron for anemia. Since March, my weight loss has stalled, even though I am still counting calories and burning five hundred calories five days a week at the gym. Could the cause of the stall be either of the new meds?
Avatar m tn About 4 months ago, I switched from Alesse to Yaz. At the beginning of my most recent pack, I accidentally began using an old Alesse pack that I had forgot to throw out instead of Yaz. I discovered this 4 days in to the pack, and immediately switched back to Yaz as per my doctor's orders. My partner and I have been using the withdrawal method this month just to be sure, but I am worried that some ejaculate may have still come in contact with the outer parts of my genital area.
Avatar m tn For the past 10 days I have had light brown discharge non-stop, bloating, and bad stomach cramps. I was on Azurette birth control for about a year and then I switched to Mircette(this is my first pack); so I was wondering if the switch could have anything to do with it even though they are basically the same birth control. I am due for my period on Tuesday the 29th. I am very confused as to why this is happening so I'm wondering if you have any ideas or explanations!
Avatar f tn Any comments? I am about to switch from alesse to yasmin but I am nervous because there have been many birth control pills that give me uncontrollable mood swings, anxiety and depression. Alesse has been okay for me, not the best, but ok. Does anyone else experience this when they take birth control pills? I think that it is related very closely to PCOS.
Avatar f tn Alesse should work fine, as should a bunch of other brands. You have a bunch of options to choose from, and Alesse is as good as any (although some people work better with some brands than with others).
Avatar n tn I used to take the Alesse combo pill for years until I got sick even had a brain clot. I was on blood thinners for a whole year and my dr. said as soon as i decide i felt comfortable enough to stop the thinners i could BUT id have to stop taking alesse and switch to the mini pills.
Avatar n tn i have same problem .can i use alesse instead for acne?
Avatar f tn ve been on Mircette (a.k.a Kariva). Before I started Mircette I stopped my pills about 3 days before I was supposed to right before I was to start my cycle. Anyway, long story short, with this pill all I've had are bad gas and gas pains, some cramping but other than that I don't feel like I'm on bcp. Well yesterday I was supposed to have my period but when I thought it was here, I had mucus like cm and then some pinkish brownish discharge with it.
Avatar f tn I've been taking Alesse 28 for almost a year now, but in the past few months I'm having some weird things going on. I missed my period last pack, and it was the first time this had happened to me while on the pills. (I had a blood pregnancy test done and it was negative by the way) But after the missed periods, my nipples have gotten so sensitive it hurts when anything is brushed against them! I've never had this before. More veins have also appeared in my breasts.
Avatar n tn what was the name of your bc? i was on alesse-21 or aviane-21 and i have had the same thing happen.
Avatar f tn I have just gone through a similar situation. I stopped taking Mircette on 6/4. Since then I've had all kinds of stomach cramps, pinches, nausea, REALLY SORE BOOBS, and all other stuff you would expect from PMS or possible pregnancy. AF showed exactly 4 weeks after I took my last pill. My body was getting back to pre-bcp body. Your body is going through that same thing in my opinion.
Avatar n tn okay, im currently taking the Alesse 21 days Birth control pills. It's a 3 weeks on and 1 week off right? I've been reading about Birth Controls and it say that while being on the pill, it can cause you to have LIGHT period or no period at all. What if you finished the first pack (the last one for the third week) and you expect your period like the next day since it's the fourth week but it doesnt come (and you're sure your not pregnant).
Avatar n tn s dark red, I am on birth control for 3 years now called Alesse and I have never missed a pill and take them in time every day! This is the first time it has happen! I wanted some opinions about why I think it's happening! I have been working out (intense cardio) 5 times a week, I started last Monday, also I have changed my diet completely! I use to consume crazy amounts of junk and calories and now I'm on a calorie allowance, I eat high protein and try to eat low carb!
Avatar f tn I decided to get off BCPs and since, have been feeling awful. I am back on the pill (continuous Mircette), but still do not feel well. I would love to find an endo specialist/surgeon in the Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia area to get the endo excised. I am tired of feeling so awful. I would love to travel to a specialty center, but I have 3 young children and a part-time job. Thank you so much!!
717440 tn?1292743742 I was told by my family doctor to skip my period for 3-4 months because I have BP and the mood swings are so TERRIBLE that I thought I also had PMDD. Now I'm not sure because since I stopped my periods my mood swings seem to have gotten worse :( any ways... so I skipped last month (1st month) and this month I'm due next week. So here's my problem: yesterday we had sex and I kinda bled (NEVER happened before). It wasn't even so much a spot as it was "runny" ...
Avatar f tn Ortho Evra®, Ovcon® 35, Ortho Tri-Cyclen®, Othro-Cyclen®, Necon® 1/35, Alesse®, Levlite®, Tri-Levlen or Trivora.
Avatar f tn I found out last week I have hypothyroidism, I started levothyroxine sodium also last week. I'm on alesse birth control and was due to start my period yeasterday and didn't get it, it's always on time. The last time I had sex was in may and I used both a condom and the pill but I was late for the pill a few times that month, is it a higher possibility of pregnancy or just a late period from the new medication?
851130 tn?1238964578 I usually have a regular period, give or take a day or two. I used to be on Alesse but have been off of it for four months now so it should no longer be affecting my cycle (and it didn't in the first place). I am under no extreme stress and am not ill whatsoever to my own knowledge. I have taken two First Response pregnancy tests (one at 17 days late and the second at 20 days late) and both turned out negative. Why am I 23 days late (and counting!) for my period?? What is going on here???
Avatar f tn Also taking birth control (Mircette) continuously for period suppression (ie, only 4 periods a year -- 3 months of active pills followed by a one week break.) I am having trouble interpreting my latest labs with my thyroid and sex hormones... Sex Hormone Binding Globulin - 306 (high) Testosterone, Free - 1 (low) Testosterone, Free Percent - .3 (low) Testosterone, Total - 41 T3 - 229 (high) Thyroxine, Free - 1.5 TSH - 1.22 How is it that my T3 is elevated and the other be fine?
Avatar f tn Last month was my first month starting my bc pills Alesse/lutera I missed 2 pills and on the 3rd day I decided to take all 3 pills and I had intercourse on the 8th,9th, and the 10th. The next week was my week for my inactive pills I went the whole week taking them and didn't get a period now I'm on my 6th pill of the new pack and still no period could I be pregnant or is my body just not adjusted to the pills yet???
Avatar n tn Or is it simply upregulated, and if so what are the consequences of that? I recently switched for alesse which has levonorgestrel. I read this progestin has the worst effect on cholesterol levels. How significant is this effect? And finally, how significant are nutrient depletions wile using the pill? I saw research done on it decades ago, but don't see much research on the topic concerning lower dose pills.
Avatar f tn I have been taking Alesse for about 4 months now and my boyfriend and I never use condoms... yes I know that is bad. We've had sex almost everyday since I've been on bc and for the firat time we had sex on the first day of my period and he didnt pull out, I'm supposed to be getting my period in about 10 days..... I have alot of symptoms like nausea almost all the time..
Avatar f tn I have been on Alesse birth control pill for about 8 years. I'm normally good at taking it every day and then if I do miss just doubling up the next day and I know that missing a pill can cause spotting and irregularity. Sometime during this pack of pills I missed a day and didn't notice (I was just taking them a day behind without realizing it). I just started using the Clue app to better track my period and so I know that its possible I could have conceived if I did ovulate.