Rigevidon ... daughter

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Hi ,

My daughter (16) has been put on the contraceptive pill Rigevidon... after having the implant for 9 months and bleeding most days the gp recommended this pill.

After googling it, it's scared me. Frightened she will get blood clots, strokes or even die.. there has been so much controversy.

She has been on it for a month now and she's finding it ok. She is happy to not be bleeding anymore, so she is in her element with that. It's obvs just me stressing!!

Has anyone been on this pill or have any advice ? Thanks ..

Funnily enough I was just about the post about this pill, I was put on it after I wanted to start taking the pill after my son.

I'm thinking of coming off it however (I've been on it for about a year and half) due to the fact I feel exhausted constantly, I know there's being tired with a toddler but I just feel tired and I've had blood tests to check all my levels and they are ok. I've had terrible mood swings where I feel very low and irritable worse than usual PMT and I seem to lose (tmi moment) a large amount of brown discharge mid-cycle.

I don't know if anyone else has had this, but I'm thinking of coming off for a break to see if there is any change. Others seem to have been on it years without a problem but this is just mine.

My friend came off it after a month. She was sleeping for 12 hours solid (no kids).

I was on this pill for around 5 years before stopping to conceive my son. Never had problems.

It really is hard to say though, everyone reacts differently. The important thing is to find one that suits your daughter and it seems as though this one does. There are risks with all hormonal contraceptives. As long as she is aware and looks out for any warning signs she should be OK.

Firstly, if she is having sex she needs to be using effective contraception ( and condoms for protection against stis).
So she has to weigh up the different options and their risks and benefits and decide what would be best for her.none of the available forms of contraception are anything like as dangerous to your DD as a pregnancy.
The implant is the most effective contraceptive with very few serious side effects but annoying bleeding means that about a quarter end up being removed for this reason.
The combined pill eg rigevidon is not quite as effective but does work very well when taken correctly. It is the most popular form of contraception in the uk particularly among young women who like its convenience, excellent cycle control and because it doesn't involve undignified or painful internal examinations or injections. There is an increased risk of blood clot with the combined pill and it is more pronounced for some pills than others. The pill your DD has chosen has the lowest risk of blood clot among combined pills. As part of initial screening for the pill the nurse or doctor will ask a lot of questions to work out whether she has a particularly high risk of blood clot eg family history, personal history of blood clot or migraine, obesity, smoking etc. The practitioner will only prescribe if the risk profile is very low, these events are incredibly rare in slim , fit , non smoking young people and as I said above the risks of blood clot in pregnancy are much higher.
The other serious risk which gets discussed is breast cancer which has a very slightly increased incidence in women on the pill long term. This is usually not a consideration for girls at the start of their reproductive life.'the pill' is very often given as well as the implant to provide the cycle control that the implant does not in certain women.
Her other options are the progesterone only pill; not quite as effective but still not bad. This is very similar to the implant in terms of side effects but there is a higher increase of pregnancy and it is rather unforgiving if a pill is forgotten, or intrauterine devices such as the mirena or the copper coil. Some teenagers go for these options but it is unusual and most commonly in situations where their options are limited by factors such as medications they are taking.

By the way, there isn't really any controversy about rigevidon. It is a very commonly prescribed pill partly because of its low side effect profile. Look at the nhs website or family planning association website for balanced information.

Often a few months of the combined pill taken alongside the implant is enough to settle the bleeding. Has she still got the implant in?

I’ve been taking it for 13 years came off it for my first child (conceived within 3 months) then back on it for 18 months and just come off it again as ttc our second and never had any problems at all with it but like other posters have said everyone is different

My dd takes that, far better than getting pregnant and she can control her cycle, important due to her being in the military

Gave me the craziest mood swings I've ever experienced in my life. I lasted about 6 weeks on it and hated the person I was while I was on it. I look back now and think I was lucky DH actually stayed with me!