Patient's question:
I and my husband have been married for a long time without planning to have children. Every time we are intimate, we are troubled by how to prevent pregnancy. We have tried various methods of contraception and finally chose long-acting birth control pills. I plan to have a baby in the second half of the year and want to stop taking them from this month. What kind of help do I need: What are the side effects of long-acting birth control pills?Doctor's answer:
There are many methods of female contraception, mainly including contraceptive tools, drug contraception, and others. All healthy women of childbearing age, except those with hepatitis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, blood diseases, thrombotic diseases, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, lactation, or oligomenorrhea, can choose and use birth control pills under the guidance of a doctor. Long-acting birth control pills are usually a combination of long-acting estrogen and synthetically produced progesterone. After the gastrointestinal tract absorbs the long-acting estrogen, it is stored in adipose tissue and released slowly, thus achieving long-term contraception. Its main side effects include: