Has anyone tried estroven to help control nexplanon bleeding?

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I'm on day 10 of my first period on nexplanon (it was inserted the 11th of last month, a little over a month ago) and I know that some people bleed for far longer than that on the implant, but I can't deal with super long periods right now. The reason being that due to possible endometriosis I can't wear tampons (they don't go in right) and it's Summer right now and too hot to be wearing pads constantly (plus I'd like to go swimming at some point). I'd really prefer to keep the implant for many reasons, so I want to try to control the bleeding. From what I was reading here, the options are taking birth control pills, taking estrogen, or taking ibuprofen. My insurance won't cover two forms of birth control. That would also kind of defeat the purpose of the implant IMO as the pill just wasn't for me and I wanted a form of birth control I didn't need to keep getting refills of, plus they made me nauseous. The recommended dose of Ibuprofen to stop the bleeding is 800mg three times daily. My stomach can barely handle 800mg once a day. As for estrogen, I'd prefer to take something over the counter and estroven seems to fit the bill. From what I was reading, that will achieve the same results of stopping the period when taken daily.

TLDR: So my question is, has anyone here taken estroven to stop bleeding while on the implant? And if so, did you have to take it every day for the entire time you had the implant in, or could you just take it every day for a few weeks to a month and then your period regulated itself after that? Or just as needed to stop extra long periods?

Posted Jun 16, 2017, 7:27 PM UTC

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