WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: Stopping period on Mircette

Re: Stopping period on Mircette

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:08:06 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Lynn wrote: >
>I was wanting to stop my period because I get really bad cramps. I have
>been through tests and the doctor tells me everything is fine. I am on
>Mircette 28 day pills. If I just take the first 3 weeks of pills then
>go to a new pack, will this be sufficient in stopping my period?

Maybe.

For how >many months in a row is it ok to do this?

Ask your octor who has examined you.

I don't want to mess up my >system too much since I have had an irregular pap smear about 2 years
>ago.

No correlation betweenPap and pills.

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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