WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU TAKE
(IF ANY)?????
Take age isn’t a factor in determining whether
The pill is right for you,but as you get older ,
your chance of getting pregnant decreases,
while risk factor for cardiovascular problem
or stroke increase.As a result, may woman opt
for children birth control in their late 30’s and 40’s.
There is no extract formula for determining for which
birth control pill is best for you-every woman respond
differently to different pills.
And while drugs manufacturers may claim
their pills are best, essentially all oral contraceptives
work equivalently well,says Dr. Gerson Weiss,
professor and chirman, Obtetrics Gybecology and women’s
Health Department, Bew Jersey Medical School.
The main rule of thumb is to choose the lowest-dose

pill that gives you good cycle
Control"
For example , you should brave no breakthrough bleeding

or spotting while using it.

Reducing side effects

The amount of hormones in oral conraceptive has dropped
Significantly for the past 40 years, so today pills have fewer side affect.
However.
To reduce your chance of breast tenderness,nausea
Bloating or headache,try a low-dose pill. Woman who have
problem with estrogen can also consider the minipill
Though slightly less effective, minipills, are less likely to
produce side effect such as headache and nausea, With
miniplls the most common side effects are spotting and
erratic bleeding patterns.

If the pill makes you nauseous,
try taking it with a meal or snack
Also, give your body a few months to adjust
To the pill before you stop taking it or switch
to differen type,most side effects go away with time.

If after three months you’re still experiencing
side effects like significant mood changes.
you may want to try a pill with different progestin.Some
woman become depressed on certain progestins and another
type may alleviate the problem.

If nausea, h eadach es or bloating….
Persist consider as pill with less estrogen or different combination
Of estrogen and progestin.

WHO SHOULDN’T TAKE PILL?????

“If you smoke, especially if you’re over 35, don’t take the pill”
says Dr. Anne Davis, assistant and professor of clinical obstetric
and gynecology at the Columbia University in New York.
You also shouldn’t use oral contraceptives if you’ve had a heart attack,
a stroke , a blood clot in your leg or your chest or
have uncontrolled high blood pressure .
Women with serious liver disease, serious to advanced diabetes or
family history of blood clots should also consider alternatives
methods of contraception.


"A woman taking pill"

THE
"PILL"
IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU???

This year marks the 48th
anniversary of the birth control pills-
America:s most popular form of the contraception for woman under 35. But with more than 30 different pill formulas available today, how do you choose the right one for you???

PILL BASIC:


Birth control pills are divided into two basic type: combination pills, which contains both estrogen and progestin, and progestin only pills, commonly called minipilis.Through oral contraception offers no protection against HIV or other STD’s, the combination pill is 99.9 percent effective
and the minipilis is 99.5 in preventing pregnancy when used properly. Comination pills either contain and constant dose of hormones or are phasic; wich means that the amount of progestin and estrogen in each pill change to mimic the natural menstrual cycle more closely. Most combination pills are available in 21 day and 28-day packaging.With a 21 day pill, you skip the pill for seven days after finishing each packet. On a 28 day regimen, you take a pill everyday.