Demerits Of Birth Control Contraceptives

The birth control contraceptives have various kinds of benefits and demerits and thus it is vital to understand the same before consuming them as these can have and adverse effect on your health and lead to various kinds of ailments and other problems also. It has been seen that the oral contraceptives consist of synthetic forms of two hormones produced naturally in the body. These are either progestin alone or estrogen and progestin and these regulate a woman's menstrual cycle, and the fluctuating levels of these hormones play an essential role in fertility.

Some of the most important benefits or merits of these pills are that they are highly effective in controlling pregnancy and have highly effective reversible contraception as these birth control pills provide highly reliable contraceptive protection, exceeding 99%. These pills also help in menstrual cycle regulation and cause menstrual cycles to occur regularly and predictably. These decrease risk of iron deficiencies like anemia and also help to reduce the risk of ovarian cysts. They also provide protection against pelvic inflammatory disease and also help to improve acne.

Above all these pills also help to reduce the risk of symptomatic endometriosis as it has been seen that women who have endometriosis tend to have less pelvic pain and fewer other symptoms when on these pills. These pills improve fibrocystic breasts and help to improve problems of excessive hair. These birth control contraceptive pills also prevent entopic pregnancy, help prevent osteoporosis, do not affect future fertility and have been proven to be safe for use.

But there are various kinds of demerits involved in these kinds of contraceptives and various researches and studies have shown that these pills can actually be detrimental for the body at times. The various risks & disadvantages of these pills include that almost 40% of women who take birth-control pills will have side effects of one kind or another during the first three months of use. Most of the women have only minor, transient side effects but some can also have serious side effects.

One of the biggest risks in these kinds of diseases is Heart attack are there for those who smoke. Studies show that women age 35 years or older having these pills and smoking have higher chances of heart attack. Then there are also chances of increase in the blood pressure, which can be both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Along with these there are also the risks of migraines and stroke because women who take oral contraceptive and have a history of migraines. There are also the risks of Blood clots or venous thromboembolism in women who take these pills.

Some of the other symptoms of these birth control pills are headaches, depression, breast tenderness, decreased enjoyment of sex, weight gain, loss of hair, and various other health related problems also. There are various other kinds of side effects also that can happen with the use of these pills and these include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea amongst other ailments. Thus these pills and contraceptives should be taken with caution and suggestively with prescribed dosage.

• John Palsson
• 17/11/2008, 4:00 AM
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