How effective is Sprintec for Menstrual Periods - Heavy, Prolonged, Or Irregular? (a real world drug study)

Summary:

Overall ratings: 3.7/5
Long term ratings: 0/5

This is a phase IV clinical study of how effective Sprintec (ethinyl estradiol; norgestimate) is for Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular and for what kind of people. The study is created by eHealthMe from 6 Sprintec users and is updated continuously.

What is Sprintec?

Sprintec has active ingredients of ethinyl estradiol; norgestimate. It is often used in birth control. eHealthMe is studying from 4,397 Sprintec users. Check the latest studies of Sprintec.

What is Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular?

Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular (long menstrual cycle with more bleeding) is found to be associated with 9 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular.

eHealthMe: drug outcomes in the real world

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On Sep, 01, 2026

6 people are studied for taking Sprintec in Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular

Overall effectiveness (number of people):

Does Sprintec work for your Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular (overall)?

Long term (1+ years) effectiveness (number of people):

Does Sprintec work for your Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular (long term)?

Sprintec effectiveness for Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular (number of people):

Overall:
  • not at all: 0
  • somewhat: 1
  • moderate: 1
  • high: 3
  • very high: 1
Long Term:
  • not at all: 0
  • somewhat: 0
  • moderate: 0
  • high: 0
  • very high: 0

Gender of people who take Sprintec for Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular *:

  • female: 100 %
  • male: 0.0 %

Age of people who take Sprintec for Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular *:

  • 0-1: 0.0 %
  • 2-9: 0.0 %
  • 10-19: 33.33 %
  • 20-29: 33.33 %
  • 30-39: 33.33 %
  • 40-49: 0.0 %
  • 50-59: 0.0 %
  • 60+: 0.0 %

Who find Sprintec more effective for Menstrual Periods - Heavy, Prolonged, Or Irregular?

Gender of people who take Sprintec for Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular *:

  • female: 100 %
  • male: 0.0 %

Age of people who take Sprintec for Menstrual periods - heavy, prolonged, or irregular *:

  • 0-1: 0.0 %
  • 2-9: 0.0 %
  • 10-19: 50 %
  • 20-29: 25 %
  • 30-39: 25 %
  • 40-49: 0.0 %
  • 50-59: 0.0 %
  • 60+: 0.0 %

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

Do you take Sprintec?

- You can start a phase IV clinical trial to monitor Sprintec safety and effectiveness.

How to use the study?

DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.

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How the study uses the data?

The study is based on ethinyl estradiol; norgestimate (the active ingredients of Sprintec) and Sprintec (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study neither.

Who is eHealthMe?

With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).

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