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Pill puts menstruation on hold By Rob Stein, THE WASHINGTON POST March 3 — Like many women, Kelly Barclay used to dread what would happen to her every four weeks, when she’d suffer through intense cramps and sudden outbursts of emotion. 'The pain could get quite intense, and that was no fun,” said Barclay, 23, a bartender and part-time accountant from Clifton, Va. “And I had some pretty bad mood swings. I’d cry watching sitcoms.” Barclay doesn’t worry about that anymore. In fact, she doesn’t worry about anything concerning her monthly cycle. That’s because instead of having her period every four weeks or so, she now has it only once every three months. She is a volunteer in a study evaluating an experimental regimen of the birth control pill, called Seasonale, that is intended to suppress menstruation. This regimen is expected to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration this year, perhaps within the next few months...
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