Cerazette (sorry if it's a bit yuck)

I've bled now for three weeks, and I'm wondering if this has happened to anyone else on Cerazette? Some days it's heavier bleeding than other days when there's barely anything but it's by no means heavy, really, it's just a nuisance.

You've bled for 3 weeks and only going to the doctors now What are you, like 10? You don't bled for that long and do nothing about it!

Well since the doctor said it could mess up my cycle for the first three months, then, yeah...actually. Some people on Cerazette bleed the entire time they're on it, it's a common-ish side effect of the drug. I was just wondering if anyone had had the same kind of problem and just how common it was. So it didn't really need the sarcastic comment

Wtf? then don't post anything if your not willing to accept criticism. Fair enough, maybe i was a bit sacarstic and loads of people bled when they r on it etc, but your not everyone and a trip down to the doctors only makes sense

Prolonged bleeding can occur on Cerazette and so can missing periods all together. So I guess what you are experiencing is normal. Its a good idea to visit your doctor if you are not sure.

I've been on Cerazette 9 months now but haven't missed a single pill. I still have regular periods but they last longer then they did before I started on it, (they last about 9 days on average). I missed one period once too.

I've been on Cerazette for just over a month now... I bled as normal when I first started taking it. But for the past 2 / 3 weeks now I've been not bleeding, but finding kind of brownish stuff (gunge would best describe it!) in my underwear every day... but not enough to wear a tampon etc. Its like I get at the very very end of my period. It started just around / just before the time I should have started my period and is still continuing now.... any thoughts of that anyone?

I'm not certain about this but I think my housemate was on that. She had trouble being on Microgynon; she kept getting headaches and stuff, so the doctor put her on Cerazette and she was so worried because she had absolutely no periods whatsoever, and it just messed up her periods quite a lot when she came off it. So although not the same symptoms, they are a bit funny with lots of bleeding or no bleeding at all.

I'd go to the doctors as soon as possible, or ring NHS direct like someone else suggested. Have you been having sex? Because if you have and have missed pills it might be something to do with that if you weren;t using condoms.

As an extra thought, I hope everything with your family is OK; its awful when family members aren't well and puts extra strain on everyone. If you need to chat, PM me

just curious because its been a while since i've been in the UK so the system has probably changed now...but can't you just change your GP as opposed to going to the clinic?

I was changed onto cerazette ages ago. I was told it was likely to stop my periods, which quite frankly I thought was a bonus. However it did the complete opposite. I was on it for 6 months and I bled the whole time I was on it. Not as heavy as a normal period but still it was a horrible period. I had been told to give it 3 months as my cycle could be messed up for this time. When I went back I told the doctor and he told me to stay on it as this was likely to stop. It didn't and I went back. He again said this was quite normal.

After 6 months I then thought I cannot put up with this any longer. I spoke to the nurse and she couldn't have been more sympathetic. She said the doctor should have changed me back sooner. She then put me back on my old Combined pill.

It caused me to have anaemia. So I'd definitely go and speak to your doctor if it continues. There are plenty of other POP's around and another may suit you better.

Thanks, that was helpful, especially as I am already quite anaemic. I was just surprised that it started after well just over a month or so. I knew that messed-up periods were a side-effect of Cerazette sometimes, so I started this thread to see if what I was experiencing was within the realms of 'normal' as other people have experienced it Another question, when you went to the doctor, did you have an exam or did he just put it right down to the cerazette?