Pills & Rescheduling Your Period? Posted: 08-07-03 13:15pm
I read that women on birth control
combined pills are able to reschedule
their period by skipping the 7 placebo
pills of the pack (after finishing the 21
active pills)and just continue onto a new
pack of active pills....Is this true? Are
there any negative side effects??
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garbear
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Aug 2003 Posts: 2
Posted: 08-09-03 13:04pm
I know that my friend did that sometimes
when she was going on vacation. I'm not
sure about the negative side effects, but
I can't imagine it's good for you.
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missbuttons
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 94 Location: USA
Posted: 08-09-03 14:21pm
Yes, it is possible to skip your monthly
period by not taking the placebos. It is
becoming more common to do so, and some
doctors recommend it for some women.
If you are taking a triphasic pill, you
may have a harder time adjusting it as
opposed to someone taking a monophasic
pills. The difference between the two is
the triphasic pills gives you 3 different
doses of hormones over the month as
opposed to the monophasic, which is the
same amount of hormones.
As for side effects, some women will bleed
for the entire month and others will
experience breakthough bleeding. If you
know the time you want to skip your
period, don't want until that time to do
it. Consider doing it a few months
before just in case you have bleeding.
