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(also known as Seasonique, Seasonale, Lybrel)
Extended cycle combined oral contraceptive pills are COCPs packaged to reduce or eliminate the withdrawal bleeding that occurs once every 28 days in traditionally packaged COCPs. In the same way, other combined hormonal contraceptives (those containing both an estrogen and a progestogen) may be used in an extended or c... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Endometriosis | 377 |
55% |
| Post-Traumatic Stress D... | 1 |
100% |
| Depression | 1 |
100% |
| Infertility | 1 |
0% |
Overall, 55% (383
Members)
find Extended-Cycle Birth Control helpful
Extended-Cycle Birth Control Reviews
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Seasonique took the pain away, but gave me horrible migrains so my ob/gyn took me off of them and put me back on Loestrin 24 which took the migrains away, but the pain is back.
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I have taken ortho-cyclen and Low-ogestral by continuous methods and I seemed to have less pain but during ovulation time and period times I would be in severe pain.
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Didn't really work but eased the pain a little. I am trying to get pregnant so that is why I stopped taking it.
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Worked for a while and then symptoms got worse
Working / Worked
birth control helps because the periods are so painful. i still have back and pelvic pain but not so severe.
Working / Worked
Once I found the right pill, it worked for a while to control heavy bleeding and pain.
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it took a long time, but it finally started helping
Working / Worked
on depo and other than the mood swings and wieght gain i'm very pleased with it though i hate the shots cause i'm tired of getting poked with needles all the time
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It worked wonderfully for my periods, but I had such bad mood swings and gained 30lbs.
Working / Worked
helped alot with the pain, still sick some days
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