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Dryness and Headaches
| Thu, 06-10-2004 - 1:17am |
Hi,
I recently switched from OTC Lo to Loestrin. Now I'm feeling better mood-wise and I don't feel bloated, but I'm having dryness, and I had a severe headache today. I am assuming the headache might be from switching pills a few days ago. Could this be true? Also, my women's health book says some low-estrogen, high progestin pills (like Loestrin)can cause libido and dryness problems. Does this go away after a few months? I don't like Norgestrel related pills and would like to stick to norethindrone. I also tend to gain weight on highly estrogenic pills like Cyclen.
Thanks,
Anita

Pills with norethindrone that have less progestin (technically Loestrin is norethindrone acetate, which is a little stronger) are Ovcon, Modicon, and Ortho Novum. These are all 30-35 microgram pills, if you want to get into a lower estrogen dose the only options are stronger progestins.
I can't take anything related to levonorgestrel, which includes pills with norgestrel and norgestimate, but I can use Nuvaring, which has etonorgestrel, the active metabolite of desogestrel (though it sounds like it's in the levonorgestrel family, it's not).
Does that help?
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