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Anyone had bad experience with Cerazette but good experience with another mini pill?

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Any advice on mini pills that have worked for you after bad experience or heavy bleeding from cerazette?

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Hello,

I really didn't agree with Cerazette, I was bleeding non stop for 6 months, had acne like I never had before (worse than when I was a teenager), had headaches and my hair was falling off. It took my a long time to get it out of my system too. Before Cerazette I was on a combined pill with levogesterol but can't remember the name and revert back to it after trying Cerazette. I also was on yasminelle a long time ago and I was fine with both combined pills xx

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C2691 in reply to MaloushkaPat

Thank you, cerazette made my bleeding extremely heavy. But I’m always reluctant to try any more combined pill with the risk of blood clots. I don’t know whether it’s even worth trying a different mini pill or if they’re all the same. X

Hi, I’m on desogesterol which is a progesterone only pill I believe. My periods used to be awful - very heavy and excruciating pain. This pill has stopped my periods which means the period pains are gone. Unfortunately I still have endo pain but at least that’s all I have to worry about. Might be one for you to suggest to your gp?

Good luck x

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Hi, I've been on desogesterol for almost a month now after being taken off the combined pill (worked really well for me for years, taken back-to-back 3mths at a time). Did it take a few months for your periods to stop?

I've just had a period and ended up in A&E on morphine, so no help with pain so far. But I really wasnt expecting to have a period at all and I am hoping that they will stop!

Thanks!

Kim

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Hi, I’ve been on it for a while now. And I too got taken off the combined pill because I was told it could be making my endo worse. And I remember the dr telling me it’ll get worse before it gets better. And it did get quite bad, painful, but it soon cleared up and I haven’t had a period since. I guess everyone’s different, and I think they do say some people have them stop and some don’t. Hope you start feeling better soon x

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I think desogesterol is the sort of medical name for most progesterone only pills, as I'm on Cerazette and on the packet and my prescription it says it's a desogesterol so I think they're the same thing x

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Puddl667

I don't have endo, but did have heavy bleeding , I'm on norithesone which is a prostegen tablet, works ok for me

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Amelia2018 in reply to Puddl667

Does that help with fertility? Iam on it as well iam ovulating so much tho x

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C2691 in reply to Puddl667

Thank you, I don’t have endo either but have very irregular bleeding and some times extremely heavy. I’ve not yet tried a pill that doesn’t give me even heavier bleeding & pain, are you naturally regular? And has norithesone made things regular?

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