Is there anything you can take to stop periods as you are going away for the weekend?

Answer 1

There's a pill the doctor can give you called Utovlan which delays your period. You start taking it 3 days before your period is due and continue taking it through your holiday, taking is 3 times a day. You stop taking it when you get back from your holiday and then your period comes.

AnswerI don't think that is true. Some women who are taking Birth Control pills and know they will be on their period when they are on vacation or for whatever other reasons and would like to skip it don't take the sugar pills in their pack and go straight to their next pack of active birth control pills. Please know that even doing this may backfire and you may still get breakthrough bleeding which could last longer than the period would have. However, if you are not taking birth control pills, aren't on the patch or NuvaRing among others... there isn't a way to stop it. AnswerYes, the combination birth control pill. If you're already on the pill, and you're at least 3 months away (the more time you have, the better) form starting your vacation, you can switch to a continuous regimen [you only take the active pills, and skip the placebo ones]. Switching to a continuous regimen well in advance of the vacation allows the body to get used to the new regimen, and reduces the likelihood of breakthrough bleeding/spotting.

If you're scheduled to start your vacation sooner, your doctor can give you a higher dose pill regimen, to stop your period.

AnswerYes, it is called Norethisterone tablets. You take those a few days before your period is due, and it delays it until you come back from your holiday. They are not contraceptives though, so still use a contraceptive as well.

Answer 2

There is a type of injection, I'm not sure what the name of it is but is it used as a contraceptive more than for stopping your periods. It does stop your periods after a few months. Speak to your GP or family planning clinic. If it irregular periods you have, try the pill, it does take a few months to regulate itseld out.

Answer 3

No. The body functions on its own schedule. You can't stop your period any more than you can change your eye color. The above answer is totally untrue. Of course you can skip periods, I do it all the time. You need to be on the pill, and then all you do is skip the week of the pill when you would normally have your period (the sugar pill) and go right to the start of the next month. And my doctor said its fine to do it as long as you dont skip more than 2 or 3 without letting yourself have a period. i never have a period all summer....

Answer 4

well, the doctor can prescribe something to stop your period from coming, it a drug with hormones in it - which can have some pretty bad side effects from personal experience.

Answer 5

Talk to your doctor first, but I believe you can continue taking the active pills, then your period won't start. Once you take the 1 week of inactive pills, your period will start.

Answer 6

Speak to your doctor about birth control and I think there is also another medication that can stop it.

Answer 7

no probably not