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Birth control pill stops periods: Lybrel is first medicine approved by FDA to stop monthly menstruation.
Byline: Jessica Yadegaran
Jul. 25--Menstruation became optional this month when Lybrel, the first FDA-approved birth control pill to end monthly bleeding, began to appear on pharmacy shelves.
Although continuous contraception is nothing new, the prescription pill, if taken 365 days a year, abolishes the monthly period. In doing so, it has created a quiet moral and medical debate on the issue of menstruation suppression.
There are advantages of Lybrel, especially for the 8 percent of women who suffer from debilitating periods and roller-coaster Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. It's also potentially attractive to women who simply don't want to ...
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