Oral Contraceptive Pills Health Feed

All pills have some very common side effects like nausea, bloatedness, slight weight gain. Usually these settle down with time. You can try a low dose one like yaz once daily and see how you get on. Start the first packet from the first day of your period.

Oral contraceptive pills act by interrupting the ovulation (release of the egg), thus creating an anovulatory cycle. It takes at least one ‘pill cycle’ for annovulation to get established. Hence, during the first cycle, one must use an alternative method of contraception.
If the woman forgets to take the pill at the usual time and remembers the lapse on the same day, she should take the scheduled pill on the same day, as soon as she remembers it. If the woman forgets to take ‘the pillâ...more

Oral low dose contraceptive pills have great efficacy to prevent pregnancy, and also favourable protective action on breast, uterus. Generally other than very occasional incidents of nausea vomiting weight gain no side effects occur. But yes, it has to be taken daily without fail, preferably around the same time

Hi lybrate-user, if already on birth control pills, no need for additional contraceptive for unprotected intercourse.

Hello, She can opt for hormonal implants like norplant which can help avoid pregnancy for next 3 years.

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
If you start bleeding again for more than four days in a row, you may stop for a four day break again as long as you have taken your pill for 21 days continuously, as in point 1. 5. There must always be at least 21 days of continuous pill taking between these four day breaks.
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Combined oral contraceptive pills or the pill is a form of daily birth control. The pills contain two naturally-occurring hormones, an estrogen and progesterone. There are many different types of pills available, each with slightly different types of hormones and hormone concentrations. Pills work to prevent pregnancy by preventing the egg from being released from the ovary, and also by changing the cervical mucous to prevent sperm from reaching an egg.

Pills must be taken every day, ...more

If pregnancy test is positive and you do not want to continue pregnancy you need termination drugs.
Drugs for termination of pregnancy can be taken only under the supervision of doctors licensed for termination, so meet gynecologist.

Most of the medical problems need personally taking detailed medical history and examination with the need for reports sometimes so meet concerned doctor- gynecologist
there are many hormonal contraceptive pills, but any medicine can be prescribed by the only doctor who has examined you or can examine you so go to such medical practitioner.

Oral contraceptives (the pill) are hormonal pills which are usually taken by women on a daily basis for contraception. They contain either two hormones combined (progestogen and estrogen) or a single hormone (progestogen).

When to start? - Usually from 1st or 5th day of menses.

How to take Pills? - Needs to be taken for 21 to 24 days in a month with 4 to 7 days pill-free period. It has to be taken daily at the same time each day preferably at night. If one pill is missed then i...more