| Among all birth control pills, birth control pill like lybrel is considered one of the most effective reversible methods of birth control. And today, birth-control pills are used by more than 11.7 million American women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Combination pills, when used exactly as directed, have a 99.7 percent efficacy rate.
Lybrel (Wyeth)—first FDA approved birth control pill— is an ultra-low-dose combination ( 90 mcg levonorgestrel/20 mcg ethinyl estradiol) birth control pill that has no placebo phase so there is no bleeding. It's designed to be taken indefinitely.
Lybrel birth control pill is especially good for the approximately 8 percent of U.S. women who suffer from debilitating periods and roller-coaster premenstrual dysphoric disorder. This pill may be helpful to women with endometriosis.
It is the first and only low dose oral contraceptive pill, which is continuous birth control pills that can be taken through out the year, 365 days a year. This pill will completely stop a woman’s period for a full year. However, if you stop taking this pill, you will get menstrual cycle once again within three months.
But, Stacey Williams — women healthcare professional from Chicago expressed her views on possible side effects of Lybrel birth control pills, “We can anticipate the risk or side effects of Lybrel birth control pills similar to conventional oral contraceptives like blood clots in legs, lungs, heart or brain, breakthrough bleeding (the most common side effect; will often resolve after the first 3 cycles), nausea and vomiting (particularly for the first few cycles), vaginal infections, mood changes, increase or decrease in acne, dizziness or headache.
“Lybrel might do the same way and the affects of taking Lybrel pills continuously for upto one-year are still unknown,” he added. Birth-control pills enable a woman to maintain a consistent hormone level, which prevents ovulation or the release of an egg.
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