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[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know if Seasonale, the 13-week pill, is available for prescription yet? And has anyone tried it/asked their doctors? I don't have a gynecologist because my GP does all my Pap smears and stuff, but she didn't know. I've decided having my period six days out of every twenty-eight (on Ortho-Cyclen ... on the previous pills it was seven, and seven to ten without anything) is too many, and I'd like to rectify that if I can. ;-)

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[puttysan.livejournal.com]

It doens't have to be Seasonale, you can do that with any monophasic BCP.

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

Not if I want my insurance to cover it. Insurance will only pay for one pack every four weeks, thirteen a year, unless you have a medical excuse like extremely painful periods. With Seasonale you'd use the equivalent of sixteen packs a year [(twelve weeks ÷ three weeks of active pills per pack) × four cycles per year]. I'm lucky enough to get my pills for $5/pack, I don't fancy going back to paying $43. ;-)

Besides which, I believe Seasonale is lower-dose (or perhaps just has different hormones) than most monophasic pills. I forget what the difference was—I just remember reading that it has a lower incidence of side effects than most pills.

[puttysan.livejournal.com]

The onyl thing I would worry about is that even if it's available, insurance may not cover a new pill. I know my insurance covered Novum777, and that was IT, so I had to pay $35 every three weeks for OTC.

From what I had read of Seasonale, it's the same as very low-dose pills like Alesse.