No two people are exactly alike. What may be right for one person may be unacceptable to another. The same goes with birth control medications. Because no two women have the exact same body composition, what may work effectively for one woman may not work or work less effectively for another. With this thought in mind, how does one choose the best birth control pill to use?
To be able to pick the best birth control pill to take, women must first get a better understanding of how oral contraceptive pills work and the different kinds of pills available in the market.
The oral contraceptive pill
Birth control pills, more commonly called as the pill, contain one or both of two synthetic female hormones, progestin and estrogen. These synthetic female hormones were copied from the female body’s naturally occurring hormones estrogen and progesterone. Contraceptive pills work by altering hormone production to create a more consistent hormone level. Without a peak in estrogen, the ovaries would not get a signal to release an egg. Without a high level of progesterone, the uterine lining is not prepared to receive implantation of a fertilized egg.
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