"i&#039;ve been on this birth control for 2 years now and i love it. it is the only birth control i&#039;ve ever been on and it has not made me gain weight or any of the &quot;usual&quot;  side effects. the only thing i can say is i don&#039;t like is that i don&#039;t get a period every month. it comes about every 3-5 months. which sometimes can be very frightening when you have an accident and sometimes birth control does fail but luckily loestrin 24 hasn&#039;t failed me yet."