Yasmin vs rigevidon. Can't I choose?

[Spilledmycoffee]

I have had awful experiences with every contraceptive pill etc I've tried, but I haven't tried them in about 10 years and I want to give them one last go. Progesterone only contraception in my experience makes me horribly angry all of the time so I won't try that. I've been looking at the low dose combination pills and wanted to try yasmin.

I had a phone appointment with my GP and told him I want yasmin and briefly explained why. But when I said it had been 10 years since I last tried the pill he just laughed at me a bit. He went on to say something about availability of yasmin and that he was going to prescribe rigevidon instead.

Looking online, rigevidon seems to be completely not what I wanted, and I cant find anything to suggest an availablity issue regarding yasmin.

Wibu to refuse to try the rigevidon and insist on a prescription for yasmin?

Any information on either pill or alternatives is also appreciated. Thank you!

I was on Yasmin for years before I was told it was no longer available and I'd need to take Lucette instead, which I did. Got on just as well with it. One HCP told me it was just a cost issue, so you could see what your GP says to you trying Lucette? I can see others on the thread have mentioned clotting issues, however, so things might have moved on (I haven't taken anything for a few years now).

I'm on millinette 20/75 which is a lower dose combined pill. Prior to this I had Noriday (progesterone only) which worked but killed my libido completely, before that had hell with cerazette and both types of coil..

I did my research through... Superdrug online lol! Sounds daft but it was the best source of info I could find about all the different pill types that exist and what they contain. It allowed me to rule out the ones that contained the same hormones as previous types of contraceptives I had tried. Even if you don't want to buy from them I would genuinely recommend looking at their pharmacy site so that you've got the information for when you see your GP. My GP was lovely but she had very little knowledge of different pill types and the advice she gave me was out of date (which was that women over 35 should only take a mini pill - I think that now only applies for smokers or those with certain additional risks)