Attention all Yasmin BCP users!!

[lakelog]

It's nice to see these opinions on Yasmin. After a little over 8 years on Depo Provera, I am going on them. I start a 3 month trial the end of May to see if they are for me. I hope I like them really well cause if I am even neutral I will change them if only for the reason my insurance won't pay anything on them.
As for the side effects like the headaches and nausea, all of my research states that's normal for 3 months while your body adjusts so I can deal with that. Anyone else have some positive results from Yasmin?

[Trublue03]

hey guys does can anyone tell me the names and doasage of other bcp's that are the same dosage as ortho-tri-cyclen but not a triphastic pill. I've been doing searches but i cant really find any info on other pills. basically i can only find info on the typical popular brands: ortho, aleese, yasmin, depro shots, etc.

[DenverGal]

Look at Ortho-Cyclen. I think it is the same thing as Ortho-Tri-Cyclen accept it is not triphasic. I think it is the same as the last week of piils, the dark orange ones - if I remember correctly. But you need to check and make sure.

[Wheresrunt]

I just completed my forth month of Yasmin. The first three months my stomach was slightly queasy. My face cleared up quite a bit and my husband is no longer afraid to say Hi to me ( I was having serious mood swings) My periods are much lighter although i had one weird one. Overall they have been really good. I haven't gained any weight. The only real problem i have with them is the increase i have gotten in my breasts. They are a cup size larger (not that thats a problem) It's that they are really sensitive and sore. I feel like i did when i was breast feeding my son. It sometimes feels like i'm too full and i need to nurse a baby. My husband of coarse likes the increase but he is sympathetic to the soreness.

[barefoot_gal]

trublue,

in terms of the dosage you ask a tricky question. are you referring to the estrogen dosage, because there is a progesterone dosage in each pill as well. if in fact you are talking about estrogen, it's still difficult to compare pills strictly this way because you have the estrogen dose, but also the progestin in the pill (depending on which type and dosage in the pill) will also affect the estrogen effect (it may add to or take away from the estrogen's activity). so pretty much you have to not look at the dosage, simply, but the effective "estrogenic activity" found in the pills, which is a combination of effects from the estrogen, of course, and the progestin. from what i've researched, then, the other pills that have similar amount of estrogenic activity compared to ortho tri-cyclen (which by the way is considered to have moderate estrogenic activity) are: Ortho Cyclen, Lo-Ovral, Nordette, and Desogen/Ortho-Cept. all of these are monophasic and are all rated moderate in terms of estrogenic activity. i hope that helps!



[This message has been edited by barefoot_gal (edited 05-06-2003).]