Do birth control chemicals have unpleasant side-effects or health hazards?
Combined OCs • Common Side-Effects (not comprehensive) • Weight gain • Acne or dark-colored areas on face • Nausea/Vomiting (especially at the beginning) • Dizziness • Headache • Depression • Acne and/or oily skin • Weight gain • Vaginal infections • High blood pressure • Less Common Serious Health Hazards • Blood clots in lung or brain • Stroke • Liver tumors • Heart attacks • Gallbladder disease • Cancer Progestin-Only Methods • Common Side-Effects (not comprehensive) • Untimely bleeding or spotting between periods • Prolonged menstrual bleeding (8 days or more) • No bleeding at all (amenorrhea) for several months or over a year • Headache (very common) • Nervousness/anxiety • Lower abdominal pain • Dizziness • Loss of sex drive (libido) • Depression • Acne and/or oily skin • Change of appetite • Weight gain • Breast tenderness (mastalgia) • Increased facial or body hair growth (hirsutism) or hair loss • Whitish vaginal discharge (leukorrhea) • Excessive growth of body/facial hair or
• · Common Side-Effects (not comprehensive) • · Weight gain • · Acne or dark-colored areas on face • · Nausea/Vomiting (especially at the beginning) • · Dizziness • · Headache • · Depression • · Acne and/or oily skin • · Weight gain • · Vaginal infections • · High blood pressure • · Less Common Serious Health Hazards • · Blood clots in lung or brain • · Stroke • · Liver tumors • · Heart attacks • · Gallbladder disease • · Cancer Progestin-Only Methods • · Common Side-Effects (not comprehensive) • · Untimely bleeding or spotting between periods • · Prolonged menstrual bleeding (8 days or more) • · No bleeding at all (amenorrhea) for several months or over a year • · Headache (very common) • · Nervousness/anxiety • · Lower abdominal pain • · Dizziness • · Loss of sex drive (libido) • · Depression • · Acne and/or oily skin • · Change of appetite • · Weight gain • · Breast tenderness (mastalgia) • · Increased facial or body hair growth (hirsutism) or hair loss • · Whitish vaginal discharge
Combined OCs Common Side-Effects (not comprehensive) Weight gain Acne or dark-colored areas on face Nausea/Vomiting (especially at the beginning) Dizziness Headache Depression Acne and/or oily skin Weight gain Vaginal infections High blood pressure Less Common Serious Health Hazards Blood clots in lung or brain, stroke Liver tumors Heart attacks Gallbladder disease Cancer Progestin-Only Methods Common Side-Effects (not comprehensive) Untimely bleeding or spotting between periods Prolonged menstrual bleeding (8 days or more) No bleeding at all (amenorrhea) for several months or over a year Headache (very common) Nervousness/anxiety Lower abdominal pain Dizziness Loss of sex drive (libido) Depression Acne and/or oily skin Change of appetite Weight gain Breast tenderness (mastalgia) Increased facial or body hair growth (hirsutism) or hair loss Whitish vaginal discharge (leukorrhea) Excessive growth of body/facial hair or hair loss Infection the implants site for Norplant A brief period of
