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| Wed, 03-07-2007 - 8:43am |
I know the estrogen is lower in Nuvaring but what about the progestin?? Is it lower also?? How does the progestin compare to levels in Alesse?? Yaz??
Thanks

Hi again amintazz,
Jill
WOW...Lots of info...Thanks...
I guess what I am trying to figure out is:
The amount of Progestin in YAZ was clearly much higher than my Old Faithful Alesse. My body didnt like it that high due to the side effects I experienced. So far so good on the Nuvaring. But I wanted to know how high was the progestin in Nuvaring in comparison. Is it lower than than Yaz?? As low as Alesse?? Or somewhere in the middle?
Only you take the time to answer these types of questions. Doctors dont take the time.
Thanks again.
If I had to venture a guess.....(I don't know who has these answers)
The progestin in Yaz is nowhere near as strong as the progestin in Alesse--that's how you can use 3 mg of DRSP and 0.1 mg of LNG.
Levonorgestrel and Desogestrel are comparably strong, so I would suspect that the ring is going to be closer to Alesse than it would be to Yaz.