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Can You Please Suggest Me An Oral Contraceptive That Will Not Risk Fertility In The Future?
Hi, I am 20 years old and am looking for the best oral contraceptive birth control. I am hesitant about Yaz since they have had so many lawsuits, but I really haven't heard of anything else. Both my grandmothers and my aunt have had and survived breast cancer, so there is a history of that in my family. Other than that, no other big illnesses. Please give me your input. Since I am 20, I would like to take a contraceptive that will not risk fertility in the future.
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
Hi,
Welcome to HCM,
The best contraceptives would be the use of male condom. As you want the pills, safer would be combination oral pills over progesterone only pills, due to high fertility rate at the age of 20 years. As you are concerned about history of breast cancer in your family, you have to choose pills which contains less Estrogen. From that point of view, you should prefer triphasic pills or quadraphasic pills ( Not available in all countries). Make sure that you follow the instruction properly, do not skip a single tablet and start your next pack exactly as instructed by your doctor. These quadraphasic and triphasic pills contain less estrogen and quantity of estrogen varies with the days of the period, t minimize the side effects of estrogen while not affecting the efficacy. Do not take any pills continously for more than two years.
hope you got your answer.
Dr H Hamdani
Welcome to HCM,
The best contraceptives would be the use of male condom. As you want the pills, safer would be combination oral pills over progesterone only pills, due to high fertility rate at the age of 20 years. As you are concerned about history of breast cancer in your family, you have to choose pills which contains less Estrogen. From that point of view, you should prefer triphasic pills or quadraphasic pills ( Not available in all countries). Make sure that you follow the instruction properly, do not skip a single tablet and start your next pack exactly as instructed by your doctor. These quadraphasic and triphasic pills contain less estrogen and quantity of estrogen varies with the days of the period, t minimize the side effects of estrogen while not affecting the efficacy. Do not take any pills continously for more than two years.
hope you got your answer.
Dr H Hamdani
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