breakthrough bleeding means no seasonale
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breakthrough bleeding means no seasonale
| Wed, 06-02-2004 - 1:49pm |
I'm 19 and have been on the generic pill apri for about a year now. recently i skipped a period by skipping my sugar pills and starting on a new pack so that i could enjoy my vacation sans period. However, I started spotting and then a heavier, brownish flow, at the beginning of my second week of this pack of pills. I have heard that some women just cannot go without a period for more than a month. does this breakthrough bleeding mean that i wont be successful on a course of seasonale?

really, though, if apri is working for you in general and you can make extended cycles work, i see no reason to bother with changing formulations simply to get an extended cycle tablet dispenser.
It depends on the mix of hormones in a pill as to how well you will be able to skip periods on it. There is nothing special about Seasonale except the 84/7 extended cycle packaging. If you are interested in Seasonale you might want to try Nordette first. Nordette (not Mircette) and Seasonale have the same formulation of active ingredients.
Seasonale: 0.15 mg of evonorgestrel and 30 mcgm of ethinyl estradiol
Nordette: 0.15 mg of levonorgestrel and 30 mcgm of ethinyl estradiol
Apri: 0.15 mg desogestrel and 30 mcgm of ethinyl estradiol
Mircette: 0.15 mg of desogestrel and 20 mcgm of ethinyl estradiol
If you are interested in tricycling then you might want to talk with your doc and see how you would do on Nordette.
Good luck!
Jill
Thanks for the correction, Jill!