Tri Sprintec Birth Control?

[animalluvr77]

GLSheridan is right !! It may take a few months before the birthcontrol will help with your acne problem, but that isn't any reason at all to stop taking it, if that is the only reason your going to stop taking it. Believe me, I had severe acne in high school and saw a dermatologist for it. He prescribed me many antibiotics for my acne until we found one that worked and it took almost 2 to 4 months before it really kicked in and then it was another 6 months before the pimples started to shrink away. Then another 8 months before the redness started to fade away. You have to realize that like GLSheridan said above, there is no miracle cure . You just have to give it time to work, it isn't going to work for anyone in just 2 or 4 weeks. Maybe 2 months. But I can say that being someone who did have severe acne at one time, that both the tri sprintec and ortho tri cyclin helped keep the acne under control. Just give it a chance!!

[ctea]

I have taken OTC and OTC Lo. I switched back to OTC b/c my acne was getting bad and had low sex drive. Due to insurance purposes I went to a generic of OTC- Tri Nessa tablets. I got these through Walgreens. Since a CVS was just built closer to my home, I went with them. Unfortunately, the do not carry Tri Nessa tablets, so had to switch to their generic they have, called Tri Sprintec. I am on day 3 and have had an excrutiating headache for 3 days and feel very nauseous. Also, I have been breakthrough bleeding the past 3 days as well, which never happened when I was on OTC or Tri Nessa. I am thinking about switching back again to OTC and pay more!

[ATA92598]

I am glad that I finally looked up the tri-sprintec pill online. I thought I was going crazy with this itch, but I can see that I wasn't the only one who broke out with this pill. The heck with insurance, I'm paying full price to go back to ortho. I wonder if this company is checking this for responses to their pill? Thank you so much for the info!!!

[MissKarin]

I was actually on tri sprintec for awhile, and then for some reason on my third month, i got my period two weeks after finish my last one, in the middle of the pack.
So i decided it would be a good to stop taking it... since it wasnt what my doctor perscribed me in the first place, at the last minute my pharmacisit asked me if i wanted the generic brand, and since it was cheaper i said ok.

So anyway does anyone know if i can go to my pharmacisit during refil time and just ask for Ortho tri cyclen , will they give it to me or do i need to go to the doctor again?

It was what the doctor perdcribed me in the first place

[GLSheridan]

Originally Posted by MissKarin

I was actually on tri sprintec for awhile, and then for some reason on my third month, i got my period two weeks after finish my last one, in the middle of the pack.
So i decided it would be a good to stop taking it... since it wasnt what my doctor perscribed me in the first place, at the last minute my pharmacisit asked me if i wanted the generic brand, and since it was cheaper i said ok.

So anyway does anyone know if i can go to my pharmacisit during refil time and just ask for Ortho tri cyclen , will they give it to me or do i need to go to the doctor again?

It was what the doctor perdcribed me in the first place

When you go for your refill, indicate that you do not want the generic and would like the brand. If you have insurance, it's likely that it will not pay for the brand, so you'll be paying more than your standard copay.