BCP and Night Sweats

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-22-2003
BCP and Night Sweats
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Tue, 08-24-2004 - 12:23pm
Can a certain type of pill cause night sweats? I've been taking Karva for about 4 months and have been having night sweats for the past couple of months.
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Registered: 05-14-2004
Tue, 08-24-2004 - 1:13pm
Hey!

I tried doing a quick search on "Karva" and couldn't find one thing. Maybe it's misspelled? In anycase, I was on various kinds of the birth control pill for 4 years and none of them gave me night sweats. That might just be me though, I think this would be a great question to ask your Dr.

Good luck!

Jenn

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-22-2003
Tue, 08-24-2004 - 4:48pm
Karva is the generic version of Mircette.
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Tue, 08-24-2004 - 5:02pm
Ih jillarino, welcome!

Kariva is a Barr Labs generic for Mircette. http://www.barrproductguide.com/ I looked in the prescribing information for Mircette http://www.mircette.com/prodinfo.html and didn’t see night sweats listed as a possible side effect but I thought I had seen somewhere that night sweats can be a side effect of hormonal contraceptives. You might want to ask your doc about it and see what s/he says. Let us know how you’re doing, ok?

Good luck,

      Jill