Pill That Stops Monthly Period

[Glacier]

You can already do this with a regular birth control pill. Just don't take the week off or the sugar pills. I've done it a couple times when I just didn't want my period to interfer with something big--like my wedding or a major vacation. My doc says it's safe to do occasionally like that. Not so sure it would be safe to do on a long term basis though.

[Grace]

And there are some pills out there now that you take for 3 months - thus having just 3 - 4 periods/year.

Or you can do what I did - have it all removed!! I did for a medical condition, and about 3 months later realized there were no more periods. Pure bliss!!

[joycenalex]

i would have done it, premenopause, in a heartbeat.

[sparks19]

There is already a shot out called depo Provera that does this. You get the shot every three months. Of course.... it does not always work the way they say it does.

I was on it and I had my period for a year straight.

[columbine]

I lose so much hemoglobin every month (due to fibroids that my HMO doesn't consider medically significant) that I'm always borderline anemic, despite doubling up on iron supplements and always eating healthy. I haven't been able to donate blood since the 1980s, and the slightest exercise gets me red in the face, gasping, and sweating like a pig. I'd go for this if my mother hadn't had breast cancer. But the HMO is hoping I've either fallen off the grid or landed on somebody else's rolls by the time my heart gives out, so it hasn't been recommended to me anyway.

[king2005]

I can see this as not being healthy. That patch they brought out "Evra" made women steral!

I'll suffer through my periods, as I'd rather feel like I'm peeing all day, then feeling sick all the time from those nasty meds!

[Jessika]

I've heard that if your body doesn't release the egg for that "period" they just get absorbed back into your system. But then again women are born with only X amount of eggs and you don't produce any more. So I'm not sure. We've had numerous discussions about this before on another forum. I agree it doesn't seem to be too healthy, but I'm no doctor so I can't say one way or another. However you CAN already do this with the monthly pill, just skip the placebo and keep taking the pill through the next month. Of course someone already brought that up though lol.

[ramanth]

You can already do this with a regular birth control pill. Just don't take the week off or the sugar pills. I've done it a couple times when I just didn't want my period to interfer with something big--like my wedding or a major vacation. My doc says it's safe to do occasionally like that. Not so sure it would be safe to do on a long term basis though.

Same here. It's the only way I can effectively treat my endometiosis.

I go 4 months without a period. I have a lot less pain typically once I do have a period.

[CathyBogart]

I would kill for that right now. I've been plagued with cramps and greasy nausea all day.