"took brand mircette for 2 months. great for skin &amp; body adjusted quickly to brand only. had no immediate side effects but the manufacturer never made enough. was forced to generic. estrogen placebos did nothing to help menstrual migraine/estrogen withdrawls dibiltating headaches. it was actually worse on this pill. many trips to er. on brand i didn&#039;t have the daily headaches. sex was ridiculously painful on both &amp; 3rd month on brand was unbearably dry in my vagina. took kariva &amp; had the most dibiltating migraine/daily headaches ever. all dr&#039;s denied the correlation. had break though bleeding/spotting tampon amounts for 3 months &amp; then anemic. demanded to be removed off this! get rid of your gyno if she doesn&#039;t believe you."