"i&#039;ve been on loestrin 24 fe for a year and my new doctor emphatically took me off of it today.  yes, the pill did it&#039;s job (no baby - yay!), but i also experienced increasingly light/missed periods, frequent spotting in between, and most recently, recurring ovarian cysts which grow so large that they rupture and cause the most excruciating pain i&#039;ve ever felt.  i was afraid that i had a problem with my ovaries, but my doctor thinks i&#039;m fine and that the pill is to blame.  i&#039;m 27 years old and in the past i have taken three other brands of birth control pills (yaz, yasmin, and aviane) and have never had a problem."