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Health Encyclopedia: Birth Control Options For Women Oral Contraception
- Birth Control Options for Women - Oral Contraception
- Birth Control Options for Women
- Introduction
- Implant Contraception
- Injected Contraception
- Intrauterine Devices (IUDs)
- Spermicidal and Barrier Contraception
Oral Contraception
Oral contraceptives (OCs) are available only by prescription and come in either a combination of estrogen and progestin or progestin alone. Many brands of each form are available. Although both are equally effective with typical use, the combined pill is more effective with perfect use, and most women choose this form.
Some women, however, experience severe headaches or high blood pressure from the estrogen in the combined pill and must take the progestin-only pill. Not all comb...
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Expert & Community Posts
Know How to Recognize the Signs of Stroke
By Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...clot, or "blood thinner" (warfarin) useHave a long history of birth control pill use (especially... Read more »
Blood Clots: Signs and Symptoms
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...also have a blood disorder. The fact I was taking birth control pills at the time of my stroke... Read more »
Who’s Looking at Your Medical Records?
By Jane M. Martin , Health Expert...podiatrist for the splinter in my foot; the kind of birth control I use – it was all on my... Read more »
The Pill
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertWhen we talk about hormone methods of birth control we are primarily referring to a pill form of... Read more »
Birth Control for Women over 30
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...don't want to ever get pregnant - there's a choice of birth control that's a good fit for your... Read more »
Health Guide
What You Need to Know About Birth Control
...evenly divided between intended and unintended (no contraception or failed contraception). If no birth control is used, there is a 25% chance that intercourse will result in a pregnancy. So if... Read more »Your First Gynecologist Visit
...alcohol, or use drugs? Are you having sexual intercourse? Are you interested in learning about birth control options? Are you pregnant? "The provider should discuss your medical... Read more »A Matter of Heart
...years old, she didn't know she was increasing her chances of having a heart attack by taking low-dose birth control pills and smoking 40 cigarettes -- essentially two packs -- every day. "I didn't... Read more »Menstrual Disorders: Highlights
...intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) is an intrauterine device (IUD) that is used for menorrhagia as well as birth control. Many experts recommend the LNG-IUS as an alternative to surgery for women with... Read more »Birth Control Options for Women: Injected Contraception
...information, the FDA recommends that Depo-Provera should not be used for longer than 2 years unless other birth control methods are inadequate. A 2005 study of young women (age 14 - 18 years)... Read more »Images
Medications
...Consult your doctor or pharmacist about other types of birth control. Do not start or stop... Read more »
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