Hi all - I'm 25, been on Yasmin for about 5 years, with no real side effects other than some slight weight gain (5 pounds maybe). Due to high blood pressure, the doctor wants me to switch to Yaz due to lower hormone levels.
Has anyone else made the switch? I've read some scary side effects of Yaz, but I'm hoping that if I didn't experience any on Yasmin, then I probably wouldn't experience any on Yaz either. . .
Anyone? Help me feel better (or I'll tell my doctor I'm not comfortable switching)!
2007-02-02 05:17:47 · 3 answers · asked by Coleen429 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
My doctor switched me from LoEstrin to YAZ because I was having some troubles with peri-menopause symptoms and she felt that the changes in hormones would be helpful. I'm now on my 2nd week and doing fine...actually better; I'm not so irritable and I'm sleeping better, and I've LOST 5 lbs!! She said it might also help with the borderline HBP I have (my last reading was 138/90...but I was PISSED at the time they took my BP!).
I don't know what side effects your friends might have been talking about, but I've not had a problem.
As for back up contraception, since you're going from one type to another within the same family of pills (YAZ and Yasmin are loosely chemically related) you shouldn't need anything. Just start the YAZ on the same day you would have started your new pack of pills ordinarily. You'll be fine.
Good luck!
2007-02-02 06:13:16 · answer #1 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't switch to Yaz from Yasmin, but from Depo-provera. I haven't had any problems, but I don't know anyone who made the switch from Yasmin to Yaz.
The hormones are the same; the dose is just lower. Also, there are only four days of inactive pills, which makes my period shorter (3 days as opposed to 5 on Ortho Tri-Cyclen - not low). If you're on the pill because of cramps or heavy periods, you may want to stay on Yasmin though because it will reduce the pain and heaviness more than a low-dose pill.
I have friends who switched to low-dose pills, and they gave me some advice for you. You may have some spotting at first adjusting to the lower-dose pill, but it goes away after a couple months. You will probably notice an increase in blood flow during menstruation. Use a back-up method of birth control for a month just in case. (They all did because they weren't sure if ovulation would occur switching to a lower dose. Talk to your doctor about this one.)
Hope this helps.
2007-02-02 05:30:56 · answer #2 · answered by mkbrocato 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My female friend grow to be on yasmin for a lengthy time period, and then switched to yaz and suddenly met quite a number of similar issues, then she switched again to yasmin and each thing fastened itself.
2016-12-03 08:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋