I was on Yasmin for 4 years too -- during which I had frequent (every month or so) UTIs follow by yeast infections from antibiotics... neither of which I had ever encountered before. My allergies got to be out of control. My sex drive was totally dead.
I've been off of the pill for nearly a year and the infections ceased after my last pill pack. I lost a lot of hair for the first 6 months off of it... thankfully I had a very thick head of hair! My sex drive is slowly returning... i hope.
I would definitely suggest getting off of Yasmin... check out this page:
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=21098&name=YASMIN
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