Ethinyl estradiol / norethindrone
birth control
"I've been on Loestrin for about 2 months now and I've honestly had a pretty pleasant experience with it. I've had no blatant side effects but I do find that I'm a lot quicker to cry lately and sometimes I get upset a bit unnecessarily. In terms of weight gain, which was my biggest concern, I haven't had any noticeable gain. I have had a lot of random cravings though. Near the end of the first month I had random breakthrough bleeding without any warning and it was prior to the week of the designated period pills. Overall I would recommend this pill."