Menu

Tegan

Hi, i dont know if this is the right place to ask... but i have just started my period and have a camping trip to go on so i really dont want my period. i have been on the pill but this month i didnt take it and now i have my period. i was wondering, as one of my friends have told me that if i take a heap of my pills then my period will stop, how much progesterone is needed to stop a period? if each of my pills contain 2mg of it????

if you can help in any way this would be great!

Comments for Tegan

Click here to add your own comments

Nov 07, 2012
 teagan
by: Anonymous

Dont take a heap of your pills! You cant stop your period after it starts, you could mess your system right up doing that!
Nov 07, 2012
 Tegan
by: Wray

Hi Tegan As the anon comment expressed, it's not a good idea. It would not stop it either, as one way of causing bleeding is to take a large amount. Some women do this instead of the morning after, or emergency contraceptive pill. It will only stop the bleeding if you continue with the very high amount, and then there is the risk of clotting and more. I would also ask you to look through our page on Contraceptives too, it will give you some insight into the risks involved in taking them. No contraceptive pill contains progesterone, they only contain a progestin, or synthetic progesterone. To stop heavy bleeding in a woman with dysfunctional uterine bleeding, 400mg/day progesterone is needed, occasionally some need 600mg/day. See our page on Menstruation. Take care Wray

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Progesterone faq.

Share this page:
Find this page helpful? Please tell others. Here's how...

Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it?

  1. Click on the HTML link code below.
  2. Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, your Facebook account, or anywhere that someone would find this page valuable.

Search over 8,400 pages on this site...