Seasonique And Seasonale ? Posted: 05-26-07 23:04pm
Okay, I'm just asking because I am
curious. I know the difference is that
Seasonique "period pills" actually have a
low dose of estrogen in them. Does anyone
know what the reason for this instead of
it just being a placebo?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 05-26-07 23:23pm
Are these once-a-month period pills or the
pills you take once a season to actually
cause your period?
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Georgia59
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Posted: 05-29-07 14:54pm
Seasonale and Seasonique both have 84
active pills and then 7 inactive pills.
The idea is that you only get 4 periods a
year (seasonal periods instead of
monthly). But you are right, seasonique
has 10 ul of estrogen type hormones
instead of being really inactive.
The goal is to lessen bleeding during the
seven days of inactive pills, and to
lessen side effects. So you will have 84
days of no period, and then seven days of
a light period. In case the previous
period free months weren't enough,
seasonique makes your period go away even
during the period week. It's for people
who get really bad cramps or migraines or
something during their period, or just
don't want the inconvenience of that week
of heavy flow.
Or that's the idea.
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