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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 | 236 |
51% |
| Bipolar Disorder | 1 |
100% |
| Post-Traumatic Stress D... | 1 |
100% |
| Depression | 1 |
100% |
| Sexual Abuse | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 52% (241
Members)
find Extended-Cycle Birth Control helpful


Extended-Cycle Birth Control Reviews
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I take Yasmin continueses. I have been on this BC for almost 5 years and taking it non-stop for 4 years.
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taking Nortrel... 63 days active pills..... 7 days inactive..... seems to be working
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Tried and tried and tried. None of them worked for me. I take depo-provera
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Hmm? not sure.
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I took seasonale for a while, it helped with the pain.
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I have been on Seasonale for four years - it seems to be working fine with only only two bothersome side effects. 1 - I have brown splotches all over my face especially on my upper lip, which resembles a mustache when I get any sun on it. 2 - I have an incrediby sensitive sense of smell. Strong flowers, perfumes, etc . . .make me instantly and incredibly queasy.
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I've had break through bleeding for weeks at a time.
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helped w/ acne
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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
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birth control helps because the periods are so painful. i still have back and pelvic pain but not so severe.
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Once I found the right pill, it worked for a while to control heavy bleeding and pain.
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