Hormonal Contraception: The Pill [General Discussion]
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Gregory Barnes5 said:What do you mean they aren't recommended for long-term use? Did your doctor actually tell you that?? Because some girls on this PCOS thread were saying they took Diane for years—I think urbantinker8 even mentioned ten years! And that was strictly for managing ovarian cysts and all that related stuff.
You take them for as long as your doctor tells you to—basically, as long as your body can handle it without issues. Once you start seeing problems with blood clotting or elevated liver enzymes, that's it—you stop immediately.
The instructions say dosage depends on how bad things are, and they generally recommend staying on them for at least three to four months after the symptoms have cleared up. If everything starts acting up again once you quit, you just resume the treatment. Gin mentioned to me that I’ll probably eventually transition to a milder pill anyway. That’s why I said what I did, even if it came out sounding a little clunky.