Hi... in my research the past few days, I found an interesting note on one of the BCP formulations: that Cyclessa caused a slight (0.4 lb) weight LOSS in those taking it (compared with weight gain on another pill, Ortho-Novum 7/7/7).

Cyclessa is a triphasic with 25 mcg estrogen and 100, 125, 150 mcg of desogestrel as the progestin. This is the exact same progestin as Mircette (which is a monophasic with 20 mcg estrogen and 150 mcg progestin.)

Here's a link for more details on this:
http://www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?article=5246

Doing research this week I found that the pill called Cyclessa caused a weight LOSS (about -0.4 lb) in clinical trials (when compared with compared with an average weight gain (about +0.2 lbs) for the people in the trial who were on Ortho-Novum 7/7/7).

Cyclessa is a triphasic with 25 mcg of estrogen and 100, 125, 150 mcg of progestin. The progestin in Cyclessa is desogestrel, the same as in Mircette (which is 20 mcg estrogen and 150 mcg desogestrel).

There's more info online if you look.