Low-Dose Birth Control Pill

treatments

Might low-dose birth control pills be more effective in preventing ovarian cancer? A Guttmacher Institute update offers an explanation.

Expert Review
Community Review

All about Yaz

Mayo Clinic

Gain a better understanding of Yaz, a low-dose birth control pill, with this extensive overview.

Expert Review
Community Review

Explore this site to learn about Loestrin, a low-dose birth control pill. Though this info is accurate, it does come from Loestrin's manufacturer.

Expert Review
Community Review

Introduce yourself to Lybrel, the newest low-dose birth control pill that lets you stop having a menstrual cycle. Learn the details here.

Expert Review
Community Review

Perimenopausal women seeking pregnancy prevention options can use a low-dose birth control pill. Read about your options here.

Expert Review
Community Review

self-help

Let Dr. Donnica tell you! This expert in women's health provides a straightforward definition of low-dose birth control pills and some examples.

Expert Review
Community Review

With so many birth control options it's easy to get confused. Let this straightforward article clarify your alternatives, with a nice breakdown, including information on low-dose birth control pills.

Expert Review
Community Review

Join in with the commenters after reading Dr. Sanjay Gupta's blog about the proposed ban on low-dose birth control pills. Are they truly as dangerous as people make them out to be?

Expert Review
Community Review

LoSeasonique has been recently approved by the FDA to help women live a period-free life. Join the active comments section to see what real women are saying about this new birth control method.

Expert Review
Community Review

risks

Science examines potential risks

Virginia Hopkins Health Watch

A collection of study excerpts reviews the complications that can occur while taking low-dose birth control pills.

Expert Review
Community Review

Just because there are fewer hormones in your birth control pill doesn't mean there are always fewer side effects. Read about a student examining the incidence of breakthrough bleeding while on low-dose birth control pills.

Expert Review
Community Review

An advocacy group has petitioned for a ban on low-dose birth control pills, because of a higher risk for blood clots. Read more here.

Expert Review
Community Review

If you're taking St. John's Wort with your low-dose birth control pill, you may be compromising the pill's effectiveness. Same with excessive weight. Get informed here.

Expert Review
Community Review

this page created by...

Sarah
Portland, OR

 

we're talking about...

Posted to the: Women's health community