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| over the past 35 years feeling confident that they are entirely safe and often even essential for a couple wanting to avoid pregnancy. |
| We would like to caution, nonetheless, that the use of oral contraceptives is not for every woman. Even in women who seem to experience no obvious unpleasant side effects, the extra burden of the hormones (stronger and at times quite different from the form of hormone the body naturally makes) can increase liver and adrenal loads to the point that some problems eventually occur. The common scenario is that a woman takes these pills for a while in early marriage or before marriage, stops to have children, continues after bearing children and perhaps then goes on hormone replacement therapy as she goes through the menopausal changes. At the same time, many women experience uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, fibrocystic breast disease and other problems which are not usually attributed to the pill. However, one should consider the possible links between the pill and these problems given the additional load on the liver. Genetics, lifestyle, and life's stresses all play a part in determining whether a woman develops problems caused by the pill. |
| Consideration should be given to natural family planning. Eliminating hormone supplementation prescribed as birth control would prevent a woman's chances of overloading the liver and developing the gynecological problems associated with that. |
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