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Re: estrogen is helping, Yasmin » hildi

Posted by Chloe on July 24, 2002, at 17:52:51

In reply to Re: estrogen is helping, Yasmin-Chloe, All, posted by hildi on July 18, 2002, at 18:05:15

> Hi Chloe. I am new to all this birth control pill/hormone stuff-Is the yasmin a bc pill that contains progesterone only? Is drosperinone (sp?) the 'active' ingredient?

Hildi,
Most all birth control pills contain both estrogen and progestin. Only the the "mini pill" or Micronor, contains progestin only, and is less effective than than the combo pills. it's most often used in nursing mothers for birth control.

Yasmin is the lastest BC pill to come out with this "novel" progestin plus 0.030mgs estrogen. My gyn was very excited about this pill, since no new types of progestins have hit the markets in the US in many many years. It is supposed to help with pms and pmdd since it has some regulating of fliud balance. I.e., if the women does not retain as much fluid, she is not as moody or irritable. Many articles I have read doing google.com searches say that the drug is being marketed as an alternative to prescibing AD's for pms, etc.

It is the only progestin that I have been able to tolerate. The others, norethindrone, desogestrel, and norgestrel all made me very anxious, teary and labile...YMMV

Sorry it took my so long to answer. Hope this helps.
Chloe


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