Swithched pills because of low libido

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Registered: 05-05-2006
Swithched pills because of low libido
Thu, 08-17-2006 - 7:31am
I just recently switched my BC to Mircette because I have been on Ortho Novum 777 for 16 yrs. I dont need BC for that reason I had a tubal and just wanted to control my periods. I've only had maybe 6 periods in the last 16 yrs on the Ortho. I wanted to have a better sex drive so my doc perscribed mircette. I was also having a discharge during sex but they ruled that out as nothing and it could just be too much of a hormone in the ortho. I have been on the mircette for 8 days and still have the slight discharge when we have sex and was wondering how long before the hormones kick in from the mircette? So far no side effects but if this is a lower dose then I should get some of my libido back and loose the discharge? I was thinking of just stopping the pill all together since I had a tubal and just enjoy sex and deal with the periods but what are the side effects of stopping the pill? Any answers