I am not familiar with Kariva, but I can answer more about the green vs. blue pills.
The blue ones have the hormones, as you probably know. The green ones, again as you are aware of, are "sugar pills". These are placebo pills, meaning they essentially don't do anything for you, but they represent a daily pill. They're basically there for you to remember to always take your pill daily, and for some people, if they do not use the sugar pills, they often forget when to begin a pack, or sometimes get off track with timing.
Hey!!
yeah so i was just given the Kariva birth control pill also and i had never heard of it before so i had to do some research and i came across this..
(since i had difficultly posting the url..guess im not supposed to..? ill tell you how i found it) i searched goog for Kariva Birth Control and i clicked the like second link that says Kariva - The Well-Timed Period ....hope it helps
some of the comments people left are pretty upsetting so im going back to talk to my gyno about it. hope it helps and that you don't experience the same thing!!
I am not familiar with Kariva, but I can answer more about the green vs. blue pills.
The blue ones have the hormones, as you probably know. The green ones, again as you are aware of, are "sugar pills". These are placebo pills, meaning they essentially don't do anything for you, but they represent a daily pill. They're basically there for you to remember to always take your pill daily, and for some people, if they do not use the sugar pills, they often forget when to begin a pack, or sometimes get off track with timing.
Hope this helps!
so there are white pills then there are two green pills and the rest are blue. Usually the week of your period the pills are not white so what is the difference between the green and blue pills?
Kariva is the generic version of Mircette. In the literature that comes with the pill it states that this form of hormone desogen there is some increase in risk of blood clots. Maybe it isnt much or maybe it is something to think about when choosing a pill.
These pills were worse for me. I just felt more nausea and I think my cholesterol is rising too much. Also I had pain in my calf so I am stopping. I am active but overweight. If I were younger and was going to have more children I would search out a more suitable pill for me but I gotta get off the pill.
I am not familiar with Kariva, but I can answer more about the green vs. blue pills.
The blue ones have the hormones, as you probably know. The green ones, again as you are aware of, are "sugar pills". These are placebo pills, meaning they essentially don't do anything for you, but they represent a daily pill. They're basically there for you to remember to always take your pill daily, and for some people, if they do not use the sugar pills, they often forget when to begin a pack, or sometimes get off track with timing.
Hope this helps!
Ty I was wondering why there wasnt just the white pills with the hormones then the sugar pills . What is the purpose of the two blue pills. Are then a certain dosage leading up to the sugar pills?
I took Kariva for about 2 weeks and stopped it immediately. I was very depressed, broke out all over my face (and I am not one to have pimples or acne), and I lost my appetite completely, not to mention my libido.
I took Kariva for about 2 weeks and stopped it immediately. I was very depressed, broke out all over my face (and I am not one to have pimples or acne), and I lost my appetite completely, not to mention my libido.
oh yes my libido took a dive. I just stopped mine hope it comes back soon
Reading these post are very disturbing to me. I just took my first pill yesterday. I decided to look Kariva up and thats how I found this website. I was hoping that this pill would be good for someone who has very painful and heavy periods. I have high estrogen levels so this was suppose to be good because of its low dose. Also, the thinning of hair, mood swings, breakthrough bleeding, painful intercourse, etc, are not comforting as well.:(
I'm not sure if I should take the next dose but I will talk with my OB/GYN about this.
