BC quesiton

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I'm taking Alesse right now for birth control, but it's not strong enough to help me skip my periods. I have really horrible cramps, so aside from not getting knocked up, my main goal in BC is to kill the cramps/period all-together if I can help it.
So far Alesse has done next to nothing for that.
I'm from Canada, and the birthcontrol pill I want to ask about may not be available here (the two docotrs I've talked to haven't heard of it. I have an appointment with another next month).
What do you guys know about Seasonale? Does it work? Can you get it in Canada? If not, is there an equivilant(sp?) I can get here? Are there bad side-effects I should know about?

Please let me know, so I at least have something to tell the doctor if she doesn't know.

Thanks.