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FDA Issues Warning on Popular Birth Control Pill by Leigh Ann McDonald Woodruff Posted Thu 03 Nov 2011 6:17pm women taking different forms of birth control between 2001 and 2007. The oral contraceptives containing drospirenone are used for birth control, but they may also be used... Women taking some of the newer birth control pills with a synthetic form of progestin known as drospirenone have an increased risk of blood clots, according to a study Read on »

Question 60. My reproductive endocrinologist has recommended a protocol that uses birth control pills. Why would birth control p by John David Gordon MD Medical Doctor

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Posted Fri 09 Dec 2011 2:42pm a protocol that uses birth control pills. Why would birth control pills be used in IVF? Birth control pills or, more correctly, oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) can be used as a part... actually use oral contraceptives as part of the medication recipe. Personally, we don't use a lot of OCPs except in high responders. Recently I had a patient that came Read on »

Birth Control Pill Recalls–Wrong Pills in Wrong Packages–No Bar Codes to Make It Easy to Identify Yet…. by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 20 Sep 2011 11:00pm do enough quality testing. It's recalling a slew of birth control pills because a mistake in the factory put pills in the wrong places inside plastic packages... at all. In the meantime the list is below along with a link to the full listing. Tracking Medical Device Recalls – Sounds Like A Good Place for a Microsoft Tag Data Base Read on »

Birth Control Pills and IVF Protocols by John David Gordon MD Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 25 Sep 2009 3:34pm

1 Comment a protocol that uses birth control pills. Why would birth control pills be used in IVF? Birth control pills or, more correctly, oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) can be used as a part.... Personally, I have had poor results with the use of oral contraceptives except in known high responding patients. I know that many clinics use pills in protocols without any problems Read on »

Questions and Answers - Safety review update on the possible increased risk of blood clots with birth control pills containing d by FDA Posted Mon 26 Sep 2011 11:59am pills. Q2 . Which birth control pills (oral contraceptives) contain drospirenone? Birth control pills containing drospirenone include YAZ (generics – Gianvi and Loryna... contraceptives compared to levonorgestrel-containing oral contraceptives. Women currently taking a drospirenone-containing birth control pill should be informed of the potential risk Read on »

Questions and Answers – Ongoing safety review of birth control pills containing drospirenone and a possible increased risk by FDA Posted Tue 31 May 2011 1:55pm an overview of this potential safety issue. Q1. What is drospirenone? A. Most birth control pills (combination oral contraceptives) combine a synthetic version... in birth control pills. Q2. Which oral contraceptives contain drospirenone? Birth control pills containing drospirenone include: Beyaz, Gianvi, Loryna, Ocella, Safyral, Syeda Read on »

ANOTHER reason not to use birth control pills by Marie L. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 7:28pm

1 Comment I've heard from Ali and others about the weird things birth control pills seem to do to people healthwise. It's already known that they can cause blood clots (so DO... irregular even after only a few cycles. Last I spoke, Julie Indichova (author of Inconceivable) is also conducting a study on birth control pills and their effect on infertility Read on »

News: Male Birth Control Pill by Marie L. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 12:05pm

1 Comment To be filed under: Laughter is Good for the Immune System Male Birth-Control Pill Read on »

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety Review of possible increased risk of blood clots with birth control pills containing drosp by FDA Posted Wed 01 Jun 2011 3:35pm folate levels, in women who choose to use an oral contraceptive for birth control. Drospirenone is a type of female sex hormone called a progestin. Most birth... that is being assessed as part of FDA's ongoing safety review of birth control pills that contain drospirenone. This review will further evaluate the risk of blood clots in women who use Read on »

Not Your Mother’s Birth Control Pill by Making Love In The Kitchen Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 06 Oct 2010 3:00am Now, who really wants to think about their mother taking birth control pills, especially what that mean for the toxic load we inherited when she stopped taking it to have us? But ladies, our kiddies, don’t need to deal with that! Read on »