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Slippers asked in HealthWomen's Health · 1 decade ago

Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo and the never - ending cycle . . . ?

On February 14th, I had an appointment at a center and was put on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo for, well, obvious reasons.

Up until I got to 'the green pills', everything seemed to be going fine.

In the first pack, they only instructed me to take 3 of these pills.

So those 3 days came and went . . .

. . . and then a week came and went.

Now here I am, I've gone through almost an entire month's worth of 'active pills,' and I'm still bleeding.

Yes, this has been going on for a month.

Tomorrow I start taking the placebos once again.

I called the center and they acted surprised it lasted this long, but instructed me to 'wait it out' to see if I was adjusting to the hormones or what have you.

Has anyone else experienced this?

For this length of time?

I'm very worried.

Make that extremely worried. /:

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I take OTC-Lo but I've never had that happen. However I have had the "never-ending period" before I started taking BC pills--it lasted about a month. Don't be *too* worried about it. If after you take this months placebos and start back on next months pills and it doesn't stop I'd call the dr. and schedule an appointment.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i take the same pills and i've never had any problems...

    i guess all you can do is really wait it out...

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