I thought risks of blood clots/strokes/heart attacks were still applicable. Is the risk just not as high as they originally thought 40 years ago?
If you have a preexisting condition that puts you at risk for blood clots (as I do), it's recommended that you use only low-estrogen pills, and most gynos will make you sign a waiver saying "I have read about the risk of blood clot, and I still really don't want to get pregnant."
The risk is much much lower than it was in the 60's/70's because the hormone levels in BC pills have gone down drastically.
I'd never heard of strokes/heart attacks being related to BC pills before this article.
I'd never heard of strokes/heart attacks being related to BC pills before this article.
I had, but only once. Again, due to the higher level of hormones that used to be in the pills. I was on Ortho-Novum 1/35s. There was a 1/70 my OB/GYN told me about and they took it off the market because it was causing strokes. IIRC.
Oh, that reminds me, Jilli, do you know anything about The Corpse Bride? They had a preview for it at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Looks rather interesting.
Gorgeous stop-motion animation movie based on a Russian folk tale, and that I'm going to see it opening night? And that I'm never, ever going to have any spending money again, thanks to collecting toys from that AND the never-ending line of Nightmare Before Christmas merchandise?
Gorgeous stop-motion animation movie based on a Russian folk tale, and that I'm going to see it opening night? And that I'm never, ever going to have any spending money again, thanks to collecting toys from that AND the never-ending line of Nightmare Before Christmas merchandise?
Just another way to say "No," huh?
Shouldn't I feel a swell of righteousness at having called in sick? Something? Where's the payoff of virtue? Also, is chocolate bad for a cranky stomach?
I'd never heard of strokes/heart attacks being related to BC pills before this article.
Scientists could just be extrapolating from the blood-clot risk. I've heard plenty about that, especially if you smoke and are over 35, but nothing about strokes/heart attacks.
But my BP went up after going on the Pill last year, which is why I'd prefer an IUD, though I don't know if my OB/GYN will agree, b/c they're weird about women who haven't had kids getting IUDs.
I've heard about strokes and BCP, but specifically in smokers on high-dose pills -- which fits with it being an early round of safety panic, before either dosages or the specific risky factors were as well known as they are now.
(Though, really, my personality is all the birth-control I need....)
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.
I am. I had actual work to do, so I am even happier that other people nagged for me while I was gone.
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Unrelated, I'm downloading My Name is Earl right now, and it's earwormed me with "Duke of Earl." Just thought I'd share.
