"after being on the combined pill for 5 years to help my menstrual migraines, a well informed doctor told me that i should have never been taking the combined pill if i have a migraine with an aura because apparently it can cause a stroke.... so i switched to this pill, and haven&#039;t had a migraine since!!! (been taking it for 7 months now) the only thing that holds this pill back from being a 10, is that 1. you have very irregular periods. when i first started taking it i had a period every 2 weeks. but since then they have become few &amp; far between. 2. you need to use back up protection due to this pill not being as affective. but other than that, i love this pill. i even lost some weight when i started taking it!"