YAZ Pill

Take action and go beyond birth control with YAZ (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol). YAZ is THE ONLY birth control proven to treat emotional and physical symptoms of PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) that are severe enough to impact the lives of women who choose the Pill for contraception. Plus, YAZ with drsp is also proven to help treat moderate acne*.( Taken from the YAZ website)

Here is what one of our SHine Drs said about the so called new pill YAZ media hype. "YAZ is packaged in a different form 24 days hormone tables, 4 sugar pills therefore shorter lighter bleeds and less likelihood of ovulation occurring. Slightly lower dose (20 mcg) than the usual COCP dose (30 -35mcg). May get slightly lighter bleed. No different to any other combined pills in that most of them are also on the PBS for premenstrual syndrome as well as contraception.

I guess the moral is - dont believe all the media hype ( what a surprise). This may work for some women and not for others - why not just take a continuous dose and stop the bleeding alltogether??