birth control
"I like this pill but, I rarely get any side affects. The taste is terrible to me though... its like a terrible mint flavor to me. Your period blood might be brown, mine was, its just my little warning.  The first couple of times I thought it was early stages of pregnancy but that is a side effect that is important!  You blood being brown is not bad its just old blood. I usually get a day of brown stuff and then red the rest of the way through. 
My period also ends quicker thank God . Pain wise I used to have terrible cramps to the point I would throw up it was so bad I had to stay home from school. During my period now I would get cramps but not as bad as before and just nausea."