WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2002: Re: [Birth Control] Changing Pills (Orthotricycline to Mircette)

Re: [Birth Control] Changing Pills (Orthotricycline to Mircette)

From: angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:34:42 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Ashley wrote: >
>I am changing from a 28 day pack of Orthotricycline to a 28 day pack of
>Mircette. I am a Sunday starter. I start the white (active) pills on
>Sunday, then the blue (active) pills, and then the green (placebo)
>pills. Today is Wednesday and I am taking one of the last green pills
>in my Orthotricycline pack. On Sunday I will start my first pack of
>Mircette. I noticed Mircette has white (active) pills, then two green
>(placebo) pills, and five yellow active pills (in that order). Is this
>the correct order? If so, why is it different than Orthotricycline with
>the placebo pills between active pills instead of after them? Also,
>should I use a back-up method of birth control during the switch?

I am not a doctor, but I do have experience taking these pills and can share what happend to me. This is only MY experience and cannot speak for others who have done the same. Hormone-wise, we are as different as our genetics. Anyway, I figured my story might be of some value to you. I took Ortho for two years to clear my skin and it worked great. I didn't care for the side effects, so I quit. I was BC free for about six months and then decided to go on Mircette. (It was billed as being just as effective as the Ortho, minus the side effects.) The results: I swelled up something terrible, my period flew out of whack, and I got super sick to my stomache. After three hellish weeks, I bailed. A full year later, I STILL haven't returned to normal. Doctors say them's the breaks Lady....a lot of women don't like the way they feel and you should quit whining and learn to live with it. When I dare to question further, they say maybe I need a head shrink. My advice: If you decide to do the pill-switch, I would ask around your local pharmacists. They tend to have the real scoop on side-effects since they have time to LISTEN to patients, where as doctors are good at prescribing pills, but can't spend more than five seconds with you. God forbid you have side-effects! The parmacist can answer your questions on how to best take your medication as well. I hope this helps. Good luck!

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