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Reviewer: 13-18 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months
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I started Alesse for birth control related reasons, and to see if it would help with my mild hormonal acne. I didnâ??t get any new breakouts, but my skin hasnt really improved. It did itâ??s job (i havenâ??t gotten pregnant) but I wont be continuing with this pill. For 2 ish weeks out of the month, I would have an upset stomach almost constantly. I found I was more sensitive to food
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Reviewer: girlygirlgrill, 19-24 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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this birth control is effective as i havenâ??t gotten preggo but my god the side effects are brutal, i have severe cramps and feel nauseous frequently. not to mention when i get my period it lasts almost 2 weeks, sometimes longer! and when it is that long itâ??s worse than how it used to be before i was on this pill. i also noticed it messes with my mood quite a bit. so overall i wouldn&
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Reviewer: 19-24 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I had a bit of a tough time adjusting to the pill, for the first 4 months I would feel nauseous or throw up a few hours after taking the 2nd or 3rd pill of a new pack, but that feeling only lasted maybe a day. Other than that, I did have issues with my breasts being pretty consistently sore. It does make me have way more discharge, but my periods are much lighter and I have little to no cramping (
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Reviewer: Brookis , 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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This is the only form of birth control that me and my boyfriend use. Have never gotten pregnant (and we have sex a lot lol). Don’t get much acne anymore, period comes exactly on the 4th sugar pill every month. Have no side effects except for tender breasts every now and then throughout the month. I recommend but every girl is different. I’ve tried other pills that has great reviews from other girl
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Reviewer: Crisie101, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Honestly, every birth control is different and works differently on all women. But you have to be serious about side effects, obviously all birth controls WILL have side effects, it's not something you can control. Overall this helped with acting as a birth control, acne treatment and I had pretty bad acne, I have a horrible long, painful and heavy period when not on birth control, this helped
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