i've been on the pill for the past year
(triquilar 21), but i've got switch to
marvelon starting in late december
(apparently my body changed, and the
hormone levels in triquilar aren't right
anymore). First, does anyone know if
there are any side effects from switching
pills? Will there be the upset
stomach/breast growth/etc all over again?
Also, if anyone has any opinons on
marvelon, i'd love to hear them.
Thanks.
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Cassy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 103
Posted: 12-01-04 20:16pm
Chances are basically anything could
happen. You might not get sick all over
again but you might, as well. So it's
basically not predictable to much. Can I
ask why you got your pills changed?
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BloodRedSky
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jan 2004 Posts: 21
Posted: 12-02-04 00:50am
Cassy,
my pills have been changed 'cause the
hormone levels weren't right for me
anymore. I went on the pill in the first
place for severe menstrual pain. For the
first 7 months that I was on the pill,
everything was fine and my severe
pain/extreme fatigue/other icky symptoms
were greatly reduced. But over the
summer I noticed that my periods were
getting longer again, and that I was
taking more advil for the pain, and that
basically things were starting to go back
to what they were before. I recently
went to my doctor, and I asked about this.
She said that the pill that I was on
(triquilar) had a very low progesterone
dose, and that the symptoms that I was
describing sounded like the result of not
enough progesterone. So she put me on
this new brand with a bit higher dose.
I was really worried when she told me
about the hormone levels not being right,
'cause I though that it meant that the
pills weren't working as well for birth
control anymore either. But I asked her
about that too, and she said that that
wasn't a concern.
