Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain why
oral contraceptives increase stroke risk, including by raising blood pressure and by making blood hypercoagulable (more likely to clot).
Oral contraceptives increase the risk of ischemic stroke, but this risk is very small among women who do not have other stroke risk factors, according to a Jan. 3, 2018 paper in the journal MedLink Neurology by Loyola Medicine stroke specialists.
Not exact matches
Hypothesizing that «a decrease in the cost of syphilis due to penicillin [which, in 1943, was found to treat syphilis effectively] spurred an
increase in risky non-traditional sex,» the Emory University economist Andrew Francis discovered evidence that «the era of modern sexuality originated in the mid to late 1950s,» prior to the debut of
oral contraceptive pills in 1960.
At a prestigious local college, students protested an
increase in the price of
oral contraceptives, the medicine dispensed most frequently by the dispensary.
There is no evidence that using
oral contraceptives while pregnant will
increase the risk of birth defects or miscarriage.
One 1989 study even concluded that getting pregnant within a year after taking
oral contraceptives slightly
increases your chances of monozygotic (identical) twins.
Murphy MF, Campbell MJ, Bone M. Is There an
Increased Risk of Twinning After Discontinuation of the
Oral Contraceptive Pill?
The researchers did not find a significantly
increased risk for HIV infection in women who used a different injectable progestin, norethisterone enanthate (NET - EN), nor in those who used combined
oral contraceptives (COC).
No
increased risk was noted for users of
oral contraceptive pills, combined
oral contraceptives, or norethisterone enanthate.
Other forms of hormonal contraception, including
oral contraceptive pills, do not appear to
increase this risk.
Reproductive - age women are disproportionately impacted by Lupus, says Gulati, who cited a study in the United Kingdom that found an
increased risk of Lupus in women using
oral contraceptives.
The study, published on 4 October in Lancet Infectious Diseases, also showed that
oral contraceptive use by women
increased the risk of HIV infection for both women and men with infected partners, but the numbers generated did not rise to statistical significance.
If you're on hormone replacement therapy, certain steroids or
oral contraceptives these can cause a gradual
increase in weight.
Women who use low - dose
oral contraceptive pills have a two-fold
increased risk of a fatal heart attack compared to non - users.9 Women who take
oral contraceptives and smoke have a 12-fold
increase in fatal heart attacks and a 3.1-fold
increase in fatal brain hemorrhage.10 Women who use the Pill after the age of 45 have a 144 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer than women who have never used it.11
Now it seems that
oral contraceptives and Depo - Provera injections also
increase your risk of getting a vaginal infection such as chlamydia or candida, and also
increase the risk of infection with HIV - 1.
The use of medications, such as antidepressants, cortisone and
oral contraceptives, may cause obesity by
increasing appetite or decreasing metabolism.
Increased thrombin generation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A pilot study on the effect of metformin and
oral contraceptives.
Women with PCOS who took
oral contraceptives (LoEstrin) showed trends toward
increased blood pressure and fasting glucose levels plus a significant
increase in triglyceride levels.
A side effect of taking
oral contraceptive pills (OCPs)(birth control), is that they can
increase cholesterol, TG, and c - reactive protein levels.
Oral contraceptives i.e. the birth control pill, cause low vitamin B6 and zinc, thereby reducing serotonin levels and can
increase anxiety and depression in susceptible women.
Oral contraceptives can also cause an excess of estrogen referred to as estrogen dominance, which, along with mood swings, hormone imbalances and weight gain, can
increase inflammation and worsen hypothyroid symptoms.
Oral contraceptive agents are associated with an
increased risk for the development of irritable bowel disease >
Women who use
oral contraceptives have an even greater
increase in testosterone levels following alcohol consumption.
Case reports of mania induction with St John's wort have resulted in limited use of this herbal for the treatment of both major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.45, 46 Interactions between St John's wort and conventional drugs are mediated by the induction of cytochrome P - 450 3A4, which results in
increased metabolism and decreased absorption of widely used drugs, including digoxin, anticoagulants, antiretrovirals,
oral contraceptives, statins, and cyclosporine.47
The pill also
increases your risk for inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease; in fact, two large prospective cohort studies of American women linked
oral contraceptive use with Crohn's.
We're unsure exactly why
oral contraceptives trigger inflammatory conditions like Crohn's, but researchers speculate that zapped immune function, an out - of - balance gut bacteria, and
increased intestinal permeability (AKA leaky gut) are potential causes.
For that same reason, women who naturally have predominantly higher levels of estrogen, or have taken
oral contraceptives or pharmaceutical hormone replacement for extended periods of time, also have an
increased risk.
No - fault divorce laws were adopted beginning with California in 1969 and then spread to all 50 states.5 During the 1960s and 1970s, legal access to birth control including
oral contraceptives became increasingly available, and in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.6 These cultural changes created new opportunities for women and led to an
increased presence in the labor market, doubling from 30.3 million in the 1970s to 72.7 million in the mid - 2000s.7