Hi. I used to take Alesse last year for about 8 months. While I was on it, my periods were light and only lasted 5 days at most, compared to my heavy 9 day periods before I took Alesse.

Anyways, Planned Parenthood doesn't have Alesse anymore, so now they switched me to Levora, which is supposed to be equivalent to Alesse. I've been on Levora for 2 months now, and my periods are getting a lot heavier than when I was on Alesse.

My question is, aren't they supposed to be the same? But how come my period was light on Alesse and heavy on this brand of pill?

AmberCPHT is 100% correct. Alesse and Levora do have the same progestrin, but different doses. I actually learned this yesturday when I was at work (I work in a pharmacy). I noticed that the Ortho Tri-Cycle Lo (that I take) and the Ortho-Tri Cycle both had the same information regarding what is in the pill on the box. I asked my boss and he said that yes they do have the same "ingredients", but the levels of them are different. He showed me on the box where they showed how much is in each and he was right, they were different.

I can tell you that Levora is not the generic if Alesse. Do not let them get away with telling you that it is.

KDD