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A member asked:

Much much less blood for period on minastrin 24 fe than loestrin 24 fe (blood was brown and came 2 days into placebos) but still bad cramps. period?

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Dr. Andrew Alexander answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Bleeding: Each pack of birth control pills is inducing a period. Generic birth control pills are effective, but the levels can differ slightly from the brand and as such your periods may be a different. It may take a few months to resolve. Use alleve or Motrin for the cramps. Tylenol (acetaminophen) doesn't work that well.

Answered 9/28/2016

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I take loestrin and skip the brown pills to skip periods because of cramps and heavy bleeding. Is it safe to not have periods? It's been over 2 years.

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