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Say goodbye to “that time of the month” and hello to “that time of the season.”

Posted by Leslie

New pill specifically designed to limit periods to four times a year
 
Michelle Magnan
Calgary Herald
 
Friday, July 06, 2007
 
An oral contraceptive designed to give you only four menstrual periods a year instead of the usual 13 will be hitting Canadian pharmacy shelves by the end of the year.
 
On Thursday, Health Canada approved Seasonale, the first extended-cycle birth […]

Menstrual-suppressing drug gets Canadian okay

Posted by Leslie

 
In U.S. since 2003. Extended-cycle oral contraceptive
 
MIKE KING
The Gazette
Business Section Montreal, Canada
Friday, July 06, 2007
 
Montreal specialty pharmaceutical firm Paladin Labs Inc. has got the federal government’s green light to market the first extended-cycle oral contraceptive in Canada that allows women to suppress menstruation.
 
Seaonale, or levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets, were approved for sale by Health Canada’s […]

“Is menstruation obsolete?”

Posted by Leslie

News & Reviews
May 5, 2007
British Medical Journal
Paula Derry
 
Menstrual suppression has been recommended for medical conditions such as endome­triosis, but it is also being pro­posed as a lifestyle choice for women who dislike menstruation or find it inconvenient. Articles in the professional and popular press have asserted that menstrual suppression is a reasonable lifestyle choice. Birth […]