Mircette : Oral Contraceptive

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White Round Tablets
Active Ingredients:
Desogestrel, 0.02 mg Ethinyl Estradiol.

Inactive Ingredients:
Colloidal silicon dioxide, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, polyethylene glycol, povidone, pregelatinized starch, stearic acid and vitamin E, followed by 2 inert light-green round tablets with the following inactive ingredients: FD&C blue no. 1 aluminum lake, FD &C yellow no. 6 aluminum lake, D&C yellow no. 10 aluminum lake, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and pregelatinized starch.

Yellow Round Tablets
Active Ingredients:
0.01 mg Ethinyl Estradiol.

Inactive ingredients:
Colloidal silicon dioxide, D&C yellow no. 10, aluminum lake, FD&C yellow no. 6 aluminum lake, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, polyethylene glycol, povidone, polysorbate 80, pregelatinized starch, stearic acid, titanium dioxide and vitamin E.

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January 3, 2009

Pros:

Clears up acne immediately. Decreased hair loss. Eyelashes became super long and thick! Prevents pregnancy.

Cons:

Severe migraine headaches. Depression. Zero libido.

Side affects were unbearable and I had to discontinue use after three months. I later read that this pill should not be prescribed to women with a history of migraine. Moderate to severe acne returned after I stopped taking it. I will now be trying Spironolactone because it has fewer side affects.
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June 2, 2008

Pros:

Cramping is rare, which is a huge benefit for me. My skin cleared up nicely, not entirely, but it looked like I was glowing. Wonderful. Much less oil.

Cons:

NO sex drive, whatsoever. I was SO dry that my boyfriend actually tore me. Headaches if I didn't take it on time. General moodiness; I felt like I wasn't myself. Wasn't useful in clearing all those annoying blackheads or clogged pores.

This product is extremely useful to clear up skin, as are most BC's for me. It's different for everyone, though. It created quite a problem for me during sex. I don't have much of a sex drive to begin with, and this made me so unresponsive that I literally tore every time I had sex. Extremely painful, and why I discontinued use. But of course, now I want back on it or some other form considering my face looks like a war-zone. It costs me a bundle, too, but I don't have health insurance.
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October 31, 2007

Pros:

Periods are much easier to deal with. The price is great. Great for endometriosis. I have no major problems with acne.

Cons:

Bloating, Headaches, Nausia, low libido, sore breasts

I started this for severe abdominal pain and it works. Sometimes the cons are worse than the pain and sometimes they aren't.
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September 25, 2007

Pros:

Mircette gave me beautiful skin. I never had any zits!

Cons:

Mircette gave me occasional migraines.

Try it and see if it works for you!
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September 23, 2007

Pros:

"Regular" periods that are relatively non-painful. Not having to change ultra/super tampons every 15 minutes due to a heavy flow was wonderful! My acne got to the point of being almost non existent.

Cons:

Since stopping the pills in December of 2004, I have only had my period twice (April of 2005, and July of 2007). I've also started growing thick, almost "eyelash" looking hairs on my chin and neck. Its pretty gross.

I wouldn't take them again. The cons far outweigh the pros (at least for me).
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June 17, 2009

Pros:

lighter periods && no pain during periods

Cons:

lower sex drive

it kinda helped mi acne but it's still there.. it lowers the amount of sex you want and at first you might get a lot of nausea!! i have maintained mi weigh.
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December 8, 2007

Pros:

Not pregnant

Cons:

weight gain, some moodiness

This product wasnt as bas as some others Ive taken. I did notice though if I didnt take it the same time everyday, say later than usual i would get a migrain. But definitely not as many side effects as cyclessa.
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January 24, 2007

Pros:

My periods are very regular--start on the same day, same time of day every month. They're also shorter and lighter than when I was taking ortho-cyclen. I've never noticed any moodswings, but I didn't have any problems w/ that on ortho-cyclen either

Cons:

I think that it has caused maybe a lower libido-definatley a little drier than before. It doesn't really have any acne benefits for me. However, I'm just a pimple here and there kinda girl. I still get frequent headaches.

I started this because I was told it could decrease the number and severity of headaches I get. I don't think it did either. Since I'm on prescriptions for my headaches now, I'm thinking about finding a different birth control. Also, my supplier is not going to carry mircette much longer, so I guess I don't have a choice about the switch. lol. Overall, I have had the same effects as when I was on Ortho-cyclen, except it has shortened my periods a bit--having one less day of period is quite a bit better, though.
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December 1, 2018
Prone to Side Effects

Low libido, depression, made acne much worse, heart burn (no matter what I ate), and breakthrough bleeding. Getting my period super sporadically. It would last 2 days or an entire week unsure when it'll end. I was only on it for 4 months. I gotta change birth control. 

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June 18, 2018
Take at own risk
I started Mircette Dec. 2017. I had minimal headaches the first month but brushed it off. My periods were starting to be regular and not painful by January. Come February, I started to develop more fatigue than usual and just overall felt weird. By the end of February I developed high blood pressure 150/110, high pulse (130s) and couldn't for the life of me stop feeling sweaty/clammy. It felt like my entire head was going to explode so I saw a doctor and was diagnosed with migraine. The high BP wouldn't go away and I felt dizzy all day. I started to lose my appetite and felt down/blue out of nowhere. I saw my primary doctor and he automatically said I had depression (for no reason). I tried to tell my doctor that Mircette was new to me but he didn't listen. This med made my Vit D drop to 9. My cortisol levels were extremely high. I saw an endocrinologist who told me to STOP taking this med immediately. She said many BC's can cause adverse effects like the one's I had, and that I should have stopped a long time ago (the blood pressure and acute mood swings being the reasons). I have been off this med for 1 month now. I was retested for labs and everything is normal now. I still feel weird sometimes, lightheaded and anxious. The thing that really annoys me is how quick doctors want to put patient's on antidepressants. I am glad I didn't take them. I just knew something was off. PROS: My periods were short, painless, my skin was amazing. CON: acute onset depression/anxiety, wacky blood levels, weight gain (over 20 lbs in 3 months). Now that I'm off my skin is extremely oily and I'm having a super hard time losing the weight. I'm just going to deal with my crappy periods.
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