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Article Series: Birth Control
What Are My Birth Control Options?
Birth
Control Pills, Side Effects and Weight Loss
Birth control pills have been around for many
years and their success just shows that it can prevent pregnancies.
In fact, there are so many of them around that despite the
side effects women are still willing to make that sacrifice.
Side
effects associated with birth control pills include light
bleeding in between periods, skipped periods, nausea, weight
gain, bloating and an increased risk of vaginal infections.
You will probably experience either one or two of those mentioned
since each person is different. Most of the time, this problem
can be stopped by changing to a different pill.
But can birth control pills make you lose weight? Most studies
have shown that you will gain weight rather than lose a few
pounds because the hormone estrogen causes fluid retention
in the body. So you can just imagine what a 50 mcgm pill can
do compared to that of a lower dosage.
This is even if one pill called Yasmin, developed by Berlex
laboratories made some women lose 2 pounds but then gained
it back a short while after. Should the company be successful
in proving that it can cause weight loss, the US FDA or food
and drug administration may approve this as a weight loss aid.
Other changes in birth control pills include the volume of
hormones. This means that there are fewer women these days
that suffer from the side effects associated with hormonal
changes or imbalances.
Since the objective of taking birth control pills is to prevent
pregnancy and not to gain or lose weight, one effective way
of doing this is by taking pills in 20mcgm dosages. Some examples
that have this are Alesse, Levlite, Loesterin-Fe and MIrcette.
You should also ask your doctor for other recommendations before
you buy it from the drug store.
But if you are gaining weight as a result of the pill, you
should have yourself checked by the doctor for insulin resistance.
Should tests confirm this, you should go on a low carbohydrate
diet. Exercise will also help a lot so you are able to shed
off some of those excess pounds.
According to one population survey, more than 18 million women
use one out of 40 birth control pills that are available in
the market. All of them are prescribed by a physician and so
if one doesn't work, there are 39 others that you can choose
from.
Birth control pills are not the only ones that can cause weight
gain. The use of injectibles also produces the same result.
The only difference is that most women gain about 5 pounds
or less using pills rather than 6 to 7 pounds using the injection.
So,
if you are considering using birth control pills or any other
method, do some research about the side-effects? Gaining
or losing a few pounds should be the least of your worries
because other things may happen such as blood clots, heart
disease, heart defects, a stroke and severe migraines to name
a few.
You could end up in the hospital instead of looking much bigger
than you were before. Sadly, this is the price you have to
pay if you don't want to raise a family or have kids anymore
until a pharmaceutical company is able to make a more effective
birth control pill or method.
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by KissMeGoodnight.com
: 2008
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