Menstruation oral contraceptive effects

More recendy, a variation on the length of the oral contraceptive cycle was introduced in which women take the active form of the pill for 84 days, and then take a 7-day placebo.66,70 This provides a 3-month cycle before menstruation, thus reducing the number of menstrual periods to only 4 per year. These long cycle regimens seem to be as effective as the... 

Dysmenorrhoea is painful or difficult menstruation with severe abdominal cramps. Symptoms are related to the actions of prostaglandins E2 and F2Q , which are released in the uterus during menstruation. Analgesics, for example aspirin, can be used to treat pain suppression of ovulation using combined oral contraceptives is effective in minimizing these symptoms. 

Studies during the 1960s showing thatvitaminBg supplements were effective in overcoming some of the side effects of (high-dose) oral contraceptives have led to the use of vitamin Bg in treatment of the premenstrual syndrome - the condition of nervousness, irritability, emotional disturbance, headache, and/or depression suffered by many women for up to 10 days before menstruation. 

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