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Choosing a birth control pill
How do the different birth control pills work?
Are all kinds of birth control pills appropriate for everyone?
What are the pros and cons of combination pills?
What are the pros and cons of the minipill?
What's the bottom line?
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What are the different kinds of birth control pills?
Do you need a prescription to get birth control pills?
What differs in how birth control pills work?
Are all kinds of birth control pills OK for everyone?
What are the pros and cons of combination birth control pills?
What are the pros and cons of progestin-only birth control pills?
Pros
Cons
How do you decide?
Are all kinds of birth control pills appropriate for everyone?
What are the pros and cons of combination pills?
What are the pros and cons of the minipill?
What's the bottom line?
Content
What are the different kinds of birth control pills?
Do you need a prescription to get birth control pills?
What differs in how birth control pills work?
Are all kinds of birth control pills OK for everyone?
What are the pros and cons of combination birth control pills?
What are the pros and cons of progestin-only birth control pills?
Pros
Cons
How do you decide?
Pros
Here are some possible benefits of progestin-only birth control pills:
- Easy to stop if you want to get pregnant.
- Can be used right after giving birth or having a miscarriage or abortion.
- People with certain health problems such as blood clots, migraines, high blood pressure or a high risk of heart disease can take them. Combined pills raise those risks.
- Are less likely than combined pills to affect breastfeeding.
- Less risk of endometrial cancer.
