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Jolivette

Jolivette

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Generic Drug

Norethindrone

Side Effects

Common

Alopecia
Dizziness
Headache
Nausea
Itching or burning
Itchy rash
Fluid retention
Hair loss
Abnormal vaginal bleeding
Excess hair
No menstrual periods
Breast pain
Weight changes
Rash
Itchy skin

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A 46-year old asked:

Can you tell me how I could change the time that I take jolivette?

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A 31-year old asked:

Switching from jolivette to mononessa?

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A 47-year old female asked:

If I stop taking jolivette will my bleeding stop?

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A 26-year old female asked:

How long do I use a backup method after starting Jolivette? I have heard many different answers. I am very confused.

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A 27-year old female asked:

I lost the last 5 of my jolivette pills. Should i just start a new pack, or take the last five out of the next pack, throw that, then start anew?

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A 29-year old female asked:

Last normal cycle aug17 no sept cycle 9 day cycle oct 12 had sex oct 26 on jolivette but wasn't always consistent. Feel pregnant but so far neg. 29yrs?

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A 20-year old female asked:

I started bleeding heavily specifically from jolivette pills, and have had unbearable side effects. When I stop them, how soon will the bleeding and side effects stop?

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A 19-year old female asked:

Could jolivette be used as emergency contraception? If so what would the dosage be?

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A 39-year old female asked:

I stopped taking Jolivette about 4 months ago. Since then I have had irregular bleeding and clots. Is this normal?

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A female asked:

I have been taking Jolivette for the past three and a half weeks and I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend today. Am I protected from pregnancy?

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A 33-year old female asked:

I usually take my birth control, jolivette, in the morning but I'd like to start taking them at night. Do I have to use backup, I'll be taking tonigjt?

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A 28-year old female asked:

I want to stop Jolivette to get a period. Do I start the new pack a week from when I stop or the first day of my period?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A female asked:

Can you get pregant if you are only taking jolivette after sex for a couple days? Can it be use as a morning after pill?

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A 27-year old female asked:

I am on my 1st pack of jolivette, started 8/9. I had a period 8/9-8/14, and started another one 8/21. Is this normal adjustment to the new bc pill?

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A 50-year old asked:

Could you take bacopa with jolivette birth control?

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A 35-year old female asked:

I missed one Jolivette pill on the 5th of July, been spotting since then. Didn't have a period. If I stop and restart will the spotting stop?

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A female asked:

Taking jolivette 2 years now, always have period 25-28 days apart. Missed this month but always take on time or hr late, reason to take preg test?

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A 31-year old female asked:

Will jolivette birth control sometimes make me skip a period or be late?

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A 51-year old asked:

Could you take a lavender oil capsule and jolivette birth control together?

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A 28-year old female asked:

I'm on jolivette - a progestin only pill and it's been a year since my last period- no chance of pregnancy. Is that healthy/ok?

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A member asked:

I am going away to help build homes and asked my gyno for something to skip my period she gave me jolivette, but i'm very confused on how to take it?

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A 23-year old female asked:

Do you get your period on Jolivette on the last 7 pills? My primary doctor said yes, but still no period on last 2 pills in pack. I've seen some people say it will come whenever? This is my first month on a progestrin only pill so this is new to me.

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A 31-year old female asked:

I'm on jolivette birth control pill and take it at the same time every day. We also "pull out". My period is "late". Should i freak out?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 56-year old male asked about a 18-year old female:

I got a acne from my birth control pill, jolivette (norethindrone). What should I do?

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A member asked:

I have been taking jolivette birth control since August and have not had a period since September. I have taken a home pregnancy test, it was negative. I don't know if I should be worried or not. I have taken the pills correctly except for one missed dose

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 16-year old female asked:

Hi.Jackie here,okay so i recently started jolivette.i was having an absent period for about 5 months and i was put on it.i also recently found out after a pelvic exam i have ovarian cysts. i started my period a week before i began the sugar pills. that wa

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A 21-year old female asked:

Will jolviette make me gain a bunch of weight and give me acne?

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A 25-year old female asked:

Does stopping Jolviette birth control cause pregnant type of symptoms? I feel pregnant, am 6 days late but home pregnancy tests come up negative.

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A 34-year old female asked:

Am I dying?

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A 19-year old asked:

Am I dying?

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