My doctor says there's a lot of fear of those no-period Pills but that there's no law that says a woman has to have a period every month. We don't have them during our childhood, during pregnancy, or after menopause, and it's perfectly safe not to have them during our fertile years, too. The thing with the hormones in the no-period Pills is that they prevent the endometrium build-up from occurrring in the first place, just as they trick the body into not ovulating, so it's not like months and months of back-logged periods are building up in our bodies. We're just all accustomed to that predictable monthly cycle and feel like we wouldn't be as healthy without it.

That being said, I'm with Powair on the wait-and-see idea. Some of these newer Pills are so new that there's not yet enough data on them, and she's right that many of them can cause dangerous side-effects, such as blood clots. That new one called Yasmin, for instance, (it contains the lowest dose of hormones of any Pill on the market, I believe) can cause real problems for people with kidney/adrenal or liver disease because of the synthetic progestin it contains.

I took the Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo for years. And then I lived dangerously for a good many years and took nothing. Then this past spring, Dave very generously had his network surgically disconnected. It's nice not to have to take anything now or feel slightly frightened toward the end of each monthly cycle.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . No period BC pills So what do you all think about the new birth control pills that eliminate your period? I was considering it, but it just doesn't seem right. All the doctors are saying they're safe, but I just don't know. It sounds very convenient, but how do we know there will be no long term effects? And if so, what they would be? Let me know what you think. Rating: 5