Thread: birth control pills giving multiple periods

hey i would like some advice, my girlfriend has taken birth control pills in the past but stopped mainly because they caused her to almost allways be bleeding. She has very recently tried starting taking the pills again and after only 3 days she is getting signs of bleeding when her period is not due.

She is from thailand and lives there, before starting the recent attempt she consulted a doctor and was given some "expensive" pills to try but the doctor said if she started getting more than 1 period a month again she should stop.

I am from england and from my limited experiance with birth controll pills i was under the assumption that they are designed to stop a period compleatly and in my girlfriends case it seems to be the opposite.

Unfortunatly i dont know the name of any of the drugs shes taken in the past or now but if anyone has any recommendations that would be great. One thing i was thinking is possibly seeing if some brands of pills from england or europe might be better as the range of pills available in thailand may be inferior to those available in england.

Would it be best for her to "wait it out" and see if the new pill "settles down" once shes done a month cycle or if she is bleeding after onyl 3 days is that sure sign that this is not the pill for her?

Thanks