What is a good low hormone birth control pill? I just ripped off the Ortho Evra patch today after one week because it was making me feel sick like the flu.
I took the pill years and years ago so im not up with the newest ones.
Anyone have a type to reccommend?

You mentioned that one other pill you took also made you feel like like you had the flu? Was it by any chance another ortho product (ortho tri cyclen lo, orthro tri cyclen, ortho cyclen or one of their many generics?) These two products have the same ingredients as the patch, just an active form of the progestin (since it isn't digested like a pill would be), so they might have had the same ill-feeling side effects as the ortho evra patch. If you didn't use one of these before or don't know, I would avoid them for the same reason that they are so similar.

Everyone reacts differently to different pills so picking one thats good for you is just trial and error. If you liked the convience of ortho evra (not taking it every day) you might want to try the nuva ring. It has a similar progestin to mircette/kariva. You insert it vaginally and leave it there for 3 weeks, then remove it for 7 days for the "hormone-free week" It is a low dose formulation so it would be good for older women/smokers.

Other low dose options include--
monophasic:
Alesse (aviane, levlite, lessina, lutera)
Loestrin 1/20(microgestin 1/20, junel 1/20) or loestrin 24 FE
Yaz

biphasic:
mircette (kariva)

triphasic:
cesia (cyclessa, velivet)
Ortho tri cyclen lo

thanks for the info ace and yes the pill that made me sick years ago was in fact orthro tri cyclen. I believe I took the "lo" at one time as well and that one I did fine with.I might check into the ring and yes im 31 and a smoker err I know need to stop.


thanks again very informative