To stop or delay their rules, some women chain two pills, sometimes three or more. But is it safe for the body? Are the rules more abundant the following month?
Is chaining pill pads dangerous? Each woman using this oral contraception has certainly asked this question one day. The purpose of this practice? Avoid having your period during your vacation, an exam or any other event for example. SO, Can we (really) chain several pill pads? If so, until how much? Do we still have our “rules”? Answers.
One of the interests of oral hormonal contraception is that we can Manage your period calendar. So, “chain two pill pads is safe, And there is no accident possible“, reassures Doctor Teddy Linet, gynecologist in Challans, in Vendée. As long as you respect the dosage and take his pill at the same time every day.
In practice :: Just do not do the 7 days off imposed most of the pills (21 tablets) and to continue directly with the first tablet of the second brochure. For those who take a pill with “placebo” tablets (28 tablets), just not take the so -called placebo tablets and follow consecutively with another brochure. PReuve that there is nothing dangerous for this: “There is a pill on the market – Seasonique® – to be taken over three months, continuously,, interruption“, Details Doctor Linet. This pill decreases the risk of small bleeding during pill, but it is not reimbursed by health insurance. In addition, other contraceptions such as theimplant or the Hormonal intrauterine system (Siu) Distribute hormones in small quantities, but continuously in the body, without danger. Similarly, micro -rogestative pills are based on a daily intake of tablets, 365 days a year, without interruption and without placebo tablets.
Are there any contraindications to chain plates?
There is no contraindication or restriction. It is even possible to chain several (3, 4 …) plates in a row in the year. “”This is also the case for other means of contraception such as the vaginal ring, the patch or the implant“, Underlines Teddy Linet. Whatever contraception, the rules are most often deleted, which can meet a certain request. Good to know: During the invention of the pill, it was difficult to conceive for women to take tablets completely eliminating their rules. Most of them did not find that “natural” to no longer have menstruation. The 7 -day stop week was therefore created to trigger bleeding and “imitate” rules and not for medical reasons. “”So we must not feel guilty if you want to chain two plates so as not to have your period and have in mind that it is not a problem“reassures the gynecologist.
What are the risks of chaining several pills of pill?
Contrary to popular belief, take two pill plates without interruption:
► does not increase the undesirable effects Inherent in taking the pill such as nausea, breast swelling or headache. However, you may experience some abdominal pain (which resemble the rules of the rules). These pains are uterine contractions that are indicative of the muscle activity of the uterus. If they are very painful or persistent, do not hesitate to talk to your gynecologist.
► Nor is the volume of the next rules. Because by chaining the platelets or not, the pill prevents the growth of the endometrium, the mucosa which lines the uterus, which, by detaching itself at the time of menstruation, constitutes the essential of the blood of the rules. After two or three padded plates, there will be no more endometrial produced and the volume of the rules will therefore not be increased.
► But, Promotes the risk of “spotting”: Small blood tasks that can be inconvenient, even small bleeding that is generally not painful. These unpredictable bleeding, due to a hormonal disruption, can appear after 3 to 4 months, but not in all women.
Do we still have its rules if we chain the pads?
When she goes on several pill pads, the woman does not have bleeding linked to stopping the brochure since she does not stop taking tablets. On the other hand, when she will stop taking her plates continuously, she will bleed. Wrongly called “rules”, these artificial bleeding are actually “Deprivation hemorrhages“. As their name suggests, they appear to stop the tablets (during the 7 days of a plot of 21 tablets for most of the pills).
Thanks to Dr. Teddy Linet, gynecologist. Interview on November 4, 2016.
