First pill i ever tried. It made me very sick especially when i started a new pack. Only plus was i lost weight.

Headaches during the time of the month.

I try not to take medication of any kind but after my period just plain stopped over the past 5 months I decided to seek medical assistance and this drug was prescribed to me to help "jump start" them again. Now I have been using it for whopping three days and am hating every last minute of it. My once positive outlook is out the window, I don't want to do anything, and am horribly tired and irritable for the greater part of the day. Gas and stomach pain of which the likes I have never experienced have kept me sedentary for the last 72 hours. Its like a never ending PMS on steroids. I would rather be barren than have to continue this drug, but on the bright side I am told these side effects will end in 3 to 4 weeks (sarcasm)

WORKS GREAT HAVE BEEN TAKING IT FOR 4 YEARS AND NO ACCIDENTS KNOCK ON WOOD...

I have had the need to use contraception as a post treatment therapy for a cancer that was caused by a drug interaction. A drug administered to my mother during pregnancy, resulting in a cancer for me at puberty. Ortho-Novum 7-7-7 (28) was prescribed to me as soon as it reached the markets. I have never had any side effects I am very healthy. The generic equivalent does not maintain the same proprietary "active" ingredients and did cause side effects, most notably increased melanin production in the first 30 days of use.

I love this bc pill because I have very light periods and it only last about 2-4 days. No side effects and no weight gain.

I took this from the age 15 thru about age 22 for painful periods. Having tried other brands, I am going back to Ortho Novum. I never had any issues... my periods were short and painless, no side effects, no weight gain, no phantom pregnancy feeling.

I have rated this drug 4 stars because I have been using it for the past going on 6 years or so. (Since I was in 8th grade?-I am now a freshman college student) The pills seem to always work for me unless, of course I missed days in which normally would result in the start of my period. The normal for me came to be that I would have my period for two days (normally Wed/Thurs or Thurs/Fr) and I'd be done, and it wouldn't be too overly excessive and heavy. It seemed to me that I was more normal then because it regulated my periods from what it used to be...(lets say the worst was 3 months straight and VERY heavy...basically I had to miss school because I practically lived in the bathroom...) The only, I guess, side effects they would be called, would be really bad cramps and bloating and serious mood swings...(ha ha)(But I dont mind that compared to what I had been...) Anyway, I haven't had any problems, as in it has always seem to work for me...up until two weeks ago...For some reason they stopped working for me and I don't understand why... I haven't missed a SINGLE pill since I switched back to ortho novum (i was taking this drug then the generic brand of the basic same drug and now im back to ortho novum). Basically I have been bleeding through the active days! At first it was light so I didn't see a serious problem in the fact figuring it was just because I was switching pills and getting back on a regular track when all of a sudden today (11-10-10) my period has progressed and become VERY heavy...What is going on????????