Skipping placebo pills birth control Posted: 04-17-08 11:45am
How safe is it to skip the white placebo
pills for Yaz for more then three months?
I've heard a lot of people say that a
period is not really necessary anymore, so
is it save to skip the white pills and go
straight to the next pack if I have
breakthrough bleeding anyways? Or is part
of the placebos a necessary break from the
hormones?
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Carifairy
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Posted: 04-17-08 12:57pm
You do not need a break/period, you can
keep taking them as long as you want to.
You may still have some breakthrough
bleeding, but that is okay, it does not
mean that anything is wrong.
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 04-17-08 21:27pm
There is no medical reason why you can't
keep doing this. However, maybe you
should consider switching to a birth
control pill designed for women who only
want to have a period every few months
(like seasonique).
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pennythecorgi
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Posted: 04-18-08 09:39am
So....Not having a break from the hormones
in the pills can't harm me? I figured it
couldn't hurt me period wise, because even
though I always skip the placebo pills I
still have breakthrough bleeding.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 04-18-08 13:30pm
I cannot hurt you EITHER WAY.
You do not need to change pills in order
to skip periods.. YAZ is a mono phasic
pill, meaning all one hormone, and that is
the best way to skip a period.
Seasonale is just in a pretty package, and
more expensive.
NUVA RING is often given for period
skipping because it can be cheaper than
pill. NUVA RING is actually effective for
4 weeks, not just 3, so it makes it
cheaper to skip.
Penguins- ANY pill that is monophasic can
be used to skip periods, not just one
type.
