[Punkinloly84]

My doctor gave me a packet of Loestrin 24 to stop my period since I've been on it for 30 days. He told me to take it 3 times a day for 8 days when the packet says a normal dose is one pill per day. Has anyone else been asked to do this? What possible side effects might I run into taking a triple dose? I've tried googling..didn't find anything.

[CHANDLERS WISH]

I would ask another Doctor, as far as I know taking more pills is dangerous and it may be that you need a "stronger pill to help you" but I have never heard of taking 3 a day....

CW

[Punkinloly84]

Finally found something else about this online. I found it on obgyn. Of course, it doesn't completely apply to me because I am neither in my 40s or perimenopausal but the bleeding issue was right on.

"Question: I am 44 and have missed one period then bleeding heavy for 6 weeks. Had a gyn office visit in which they did an ultrasound and many blood tests all of which came back negative. Doctor prescribed Loestrin birth control pills to stop bleeding. Triple pills for 3 days, double pills for three days, then 1 each day. Bleeding appeared to have stopped for a week. I am on one pill a day now for a week and bleeding is very heavy again. Doctor did say I was perimenopausal. Is there something I can take that will work-anything natural-am I missing something in my diet? I am in perfect health and did exercise until this heavy bleeding occurred?


Answer: The treatment that was given to you is a well known treatment for stopping so called dysfunctional bleeding. Bleeding that starts after an annovulatory cycle. Usually the high dose of 3-4 pills every day is maintained for 5 days, and then stopped. During the course of treatment, bleeding stops and after the course a withdrawal bleeding starts. With lowering the dose as in your case, sometimes new bleeding starts because of the decrease of the dose. The best thing to do is: stop the pills now and start again with one pill a day for a week. At the age of 44, every irregularity in the cycle has to do something with perimenopause. That is a natural happening and has nothing to do with disease or illness, so nothing in your diet or lifestyle. This happens sometimes. That is all."