aussiepunkshocker
06-02-2007, 08:34 PM
Related, found this on another forum today.
www.studd.co.uk
Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD, fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, on why
women shouldn't use it...
This pill would artificially change things. There is always a trade-off when
we go against nature. Hormones that control the menstrual cycle act on the
brain, skin and the bones, and nobody knows what the long-term effects of
continuous hormones are.
Women are already using the Pill as a lifestyle choice to eliminate the
inconvenience of periods. When taking the Pill for 21 days with a break,
women do at least get seven days off. Periods have a purpose and hormones go
up and down in a cycle, which is different from taking a continuous level of
hormones every day. The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research in Canada has
stated that it does not believe continuous oral contraception should be
prescribed just because a woman sees hernormal menstrual cycle as a
nuisance.
We know that with the Pill, there is a risk of breast cancer and cervical
cancer. Are we then going to see an even greater risk with no break?
A study published in the medical journal Contraception found that 21 per
cent of the women on continuous contraception were still having bleeding
after taking it for a year. That can be even more inconvenient, as there is
no pattern. In that trial of 2,400 women, more than half the women who took
at least one dose did not end the trial, 17 per cent stopped due to an
adverse effect and 87 per cent reported one or more adverse effects.
Nineteen got pregnant and it is thought that 15 were as a result of the
contraception failing and four were due to how the women took it.
Many women would miss their periods since it gives them a sense of their
health. There is also an issue of fertility. Some women struggle to get
their periods back when they come off the Pill. They can go for years before
their cycle kicks in again. That could have even more serious implications
for women who delay having children and whose fertility is already
compromised because of their age.
www.marilynglenville.com
www.studd.co.uk
Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD, fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, on why
women shouldn't use it...
This pill would artificially change things. There is always a trade-off when
we go against nature. Hormones that control the menstrual cycle act on the
brain, skin and the bones, and nobody knows what the long-term effects of
continuous hormones are.
Women are already using the Pill as a lifestyle choice to eliminate the
inconvenience of periods. When taking the Pill for 21 days with a break,
women do at least get seven days off. Periods have a purpose and hormones go
up and down in a cycle, which is different from taking a continuous level of
hormones every day. The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research in Canada has
stated that it does not believe continuous oral contraception should be
prescribed just because a woman sees hernormal menstrual cycle as a
nuisance.
We know that with the Pill, there is a risk of breast cancer and cervical
cancer. Are we then going to see an even greater risk with no break?
A study published in the medical journal Contraception found that 21 per
cent of the women on continuous contraception were still having bleeding
after taking it for a year. That can be even more inconvenient, as there is
no pattern. In that trial of 2,400 women, more than half the women who took
at least one dose did not end the trial, 17 per cent stopped due to an
adverse effect and 87 per cent reported one or more adverse effects.
Nineteen got pregnant and it is thought that 15 were as a result of the
contraception failing and four were due to how the women took it.
Many women would miss their periods since it gives them a sense of their
health. There is also an issue of fertility. Some women struggle to get
their periods back when they come off the Pill. They can go for years before
their cycle kicks in again. That could have even more serious implications
for women who delay having children and whose fertility is already
compromised because of their age.
www.marilynglenville.com