# Birth Control-Opinions on Alesse or Others

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-control-opinions-on-alesse-or-others/301928>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 1, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-control-opinions-on-alesse-or-others/301928 "2005-05-01T04:01:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-control-opinions-on-alesse-or-others/301928/21 "2005-05-04T15:32:10Z")

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> [@whiterabbit](#):
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> Believe me, I find a way to afford my pills. Oh my yes. Otherwise, no sex happens, and that would suck far more than paying $30 a month for pills.

_sigh_ I get no sex anyway … but at least I don’t get cramps, either. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-control-opinions-on-alesse-or-others/301928/22 "2005-05-04T16:52:32Z")

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Good grief that is some mark-up on those pills.

I can’t find the exact statisitcs for Alesse, but all the types of BCPs in my formulary have listed net prices for 3 months supply of between £1.70(Ovysmen) and £14.70 (Yasmin). Three months of Evra is £23.23.

Thank goodness for the NHS and their policy of free contraceptives to all.

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-control-opinions-on-alesse-or-others/301928/23 "2005-05-04T20:38:30Z")

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> [@zweisamkeit](#):
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> Is there _any_ way to predict “if patient did bad on A, avoid B and C, but she should try D”?

Yes, there is a Birth Controll troubleshooting handbook for this EXACT sort of thing. I saw it one time online but have never been able to find it again since. My NP used the print version to help me decide on the new type when I changed my BCP. I’m pretty sure most doctors and nurses that deal with BCP are aware of this publication.

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-control-opinions-on-alesse-or-others/301928/24 "2005-05-04T20:48:25Z")

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OK, I’m not sure, but it might be a section of the _Nurse’s Drug Handbook_. Or {i]David Drug Guide for Nurses\*?

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