Re: 2 months of early and long periods while taking allesse
From: John Essien MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 26 Apr 2003 18:06:27 -0500 (CDT)
You may need to switch to another birthcontrol method. Decrease in
libido as well as breakthrough bleeding are commonplace side effects of
hormonal BC methods.
At Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Emily wrote:
>
>My body had undergone some radical changes over the last 9 months (lost
>90+ lbs and lage change in diet to healthy foods.). In the last two
>months after have no problems with allesse for years I have began
>bleeding during the last week of pills and also for a few months prior
>to this my sex drive has been much lower? Is it possible that allesse is
>no longe the right chice for the new me? Or just a freak ocurrance? If
>so what other fairly low dose options are there? my family has a history
>of heart disease so I want to be carefull.
>
>Thanks
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John Essien, M.D. SOCOG
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