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Spotting on Pill
| Mon, 06-07-2004 - 9:16am |
Has anyone ever had any trouble with spotting while on BCP? My dr has switched my pill 3 times now and nothing can stop the spotting. I start spotting during the 2nd week of active pills and spot until I get my period again. Not to mention, the killer cramps I get 3 weeks out of the month! I can't stand it anymore. I was wondering if anyone had anything similar happen to them and what they did about it. I'm thinking of just going off of it. Thanks ladies!

If you haven't waited a couple cycles, I might encourage you to do so. Good luck
Irregular bleeding is quite common for the first several cycles when beginning OCs but it should be controllable. Which pills have you been on? For some suggestions on how to handle irregular bleeding, see: http://www.fpnotebook.com/GYN87.htm cl-judie rae is very knowledgeable about hormonal contraceptives. Perhaps she can suggest some pills that might work better for you. Let us know what pills you have tried, ok?
Good luck
Jill
Co-cl for Birth Control
I had the same thing with my pills and my doctor told me to cut back on Vitamin C. I don't know why because she didn't give me reasons but I did and the following month I got my period during the third week of the active pills for three days and nothing at all during the sugar pills. I was concerned about that too but she said not to worry, the pills are not any less efffective if my period doesn't fall on the inactive pills. So long as I get three days only of bleeding a month, whenever it falls, I don't care. Good luck
Ideas? Pills with levonorgestrel or desogestrel--those are the strongest two progestins on the US market, and that's what helps to control bleeding.
30 microgram pills: Nordette (levnorgestrel), LoOvral (norgestrel), Desogen (desogestrel)
20 microgram pills: Alesse (levonorgestrel--but not a whole lot), Mircette (desogestrel) The patch has 20mcg daily estrogen, but the progestin isn't as strong as levonorgestrel.
Nuvaring has 15 micrograms of daily estrogen, the lowest on the US market and the progestin is a derivative of desogestrel. When not on the pill, I had heavy periods. I had "normal" periods (normal for most people) on the pill, but on Nuvaring I actually have light periods, about 3 days or so of actual bleeding.
All of these are options that may be better than what you've tried...let us know how it goes, okay?
Good luck!
Co-cl for Birth Control