Monday, May 22, 2006

more good news.

two encouraging, female-centric stories in as many days? fetch me the fainting couch!

for your monday morning "lady parts" primer, check out this article on the growing popularity of period-surpressing pills.

now, i use seasonale, and let me tell you, i literally did a happy dance back in grad school when i heard they were coming out with this pill. and i have had no complaints since i started taking it (other than the high co-pay that i had to endure while the drug was so new to the market). but according to the article,

Amid wide acceptance by doctors, [Seasonale] sales shot up 62 percent last year, to $110 million.


i'm not the only one who thinks this is the best thing since sliced bread. and apparently there's a 2.0 on the horizon, called seasonique, which I imagine will come even closer to, if not actually accomplish, blocking periods entirely.

and though seasonique is a ridiculously stupid name, i won't hold that against it if it relieves me of my womanly duties. hell, i've already reneged on so many others, why stop now? out, damned spot, indeed.

4 comments:

jayniek said...

yo.

a word of warning-- Loestrin also just came out with a new slam-bang period-suppressing ad campaign as well.

but stop. loestrin are bad, bad pills. baaaad. they made me crazy and weird and sad and off-kilter and feel gross and just bad. baaaad. i called them my poison pills. loudly.
did i say baaaaad?

and then i switched brands and was my normal sort of weird, crazy, and off-kilter self within a week. phew.

and yes, seasonale. is good.

wow-- that just stirred up some angry memories.
my pen almost spontaneously flew across the room.

kate.d. said...

jaynie, i hear you. what's so funny about it is that one pill can make one woman borderline homicidal, and be a dream for another woman. it's a matter of trial and error. i don't even remember the name of the first pill i went on in college, but it lasted about 3 months before i was like "this is not gonna work out."

karen, i'll email you :) but i will say here that, no, i don't take a pregnancy test every month! that would be expensive and very anxiety inducing!

kate.d. said...

karen, no worries, i actually get that question a lot! it's a good one.

somewaterytart said...

Hey Kate, could you email me too with the info on how you know you're not pregnant? I too also despise having my period...I know, big surprise...I get crazy...