Low Dose Pills to Regulate Irregular Periods

Well, low dose pills tend not to be as good at controlling periods, there tends to be a higher incidence of spotting and irregularity. However, I have been talking ortho-lo for a year now and have had few problems.

I missed a pill once and it made me spot a lot, however. You have to be very careful to take your pill on time every day or spotting can and will occur.

As for the side effects, lo-dose pills are excellent for getting rid of bad side effects of birth control. I was very depressed while on orthotricyclen, but since I switched to ortho-lo I have had no problems. Switching to a lower dose could very well help with your blood pressure problems.

As a side note, ortho evra is known for its bad side effects. Switching to a low-dose pill would most likely help those side effects.

Hope this helps.

Hi bonnie,

thanks for the repsonse, and the link, although it didnt work i'm guessing had to do with the risks of the ortho evra patch. I am well aware of the risks of ortho evra which is why I decided to switch to something else. I'm hoping that my blood pressure will return to normal now that I won't have so much hormones coursing through my bloodstream. What a shame that the pharmaceutical companies care more about making money then people's lives!! I have switched to microgestin aka loestrin which is a lower dose pill similar to allesse. My np said it should still do a good job of regulating my periods and that I may have less side effects. We'll see I just started yesterday and I did have the awefull nasea this morning that I always get when I start a new birth control. I'm hoping that will go away, if not i'l try something else.