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Shorter periods
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I've seen some commercials recently for a new (I think) pill that gives you lighter shorter periods (on average only 3 days or less), Loestrin 24 Fe. (combined pill, not one of those single hormone pills) How do you say so long to a period thats too long... stupid phrase always gets caught in my head after I see it. Is anybody on anything like this? How are the side effects? It sounds intriguing but I like to hear experiences first ![;) ;)](https://community.themix.org.uk/plugins/emojiextender/emoji/twitter/wink.png)
From the looks of it, it has 3 weeks and 3 days of active pills, then 4 inactive.
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From the looks of it, it has 3 weeks and 3 days of active pills, then 4 inactive.
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Yep, there are TV ads for all sorts of prescription medication in the US, thats the beauty of making it an open market, there's a tidy profit to be had.
Others with the same active ingredients are Brevinor, Trinovum, Norimin, Ovysmen and a couple of others but none of these are commonly used anymore.
I used to take Ovysmen about 6 years ago for about 3 years, when i went to the doctors 4 months ago to start on the pill again and saw a locum, he'd never heard of Ovysmen and just gave me Microgynon.