Are Contraceptive Pills, A Safe Method Of Birth Control?

Unwanted pregnancy can be the cause of sleepless nights for anyone. There are many ways of preventing pregnancy but the one most commonly resorted to is a hormonal contraceptive commonly referred to as the pill.

Contraceptive pills react with the female’s reproduction system, and abort the pregnancy by shedding the embryo. While, women all over the world commonly use the pill, their side effects are not brought in question as often as they should.

The pill enters the blood stream directly; and anything that it does is bound to have some potential repercussions.

The following are the most common side-effects of the OCPs (Oral contraceptives):

• Nausea
• Headache
• Palpitation
• Physical pain
• Fever

The most common hormone used in birth control pills is estrogen. Although, there is another new generation hormone, incorporated in some pills, known as drospirenone. The side effects of pills such as yaz, yasmin, gianvi, ocella and so on, that come with drospirenone, are even more severe and be twice as devastating than earlier generations.

Yasmin can even lead to death and this is why:

The most prominent way in which drospirenone damages the body is by increasing the likelihood of internal blood clots forming in the blood stream.

This in turn, puts the subject’s life in acute danger.

In the most severe cases, the following may be observed:

• Blindness
• DVT – Deep Vein Thrombosis
• PE – Pulmonary Embolism
• Death

DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) is when the blood clot forms in one of the deep veins of the body, usually the thigh or the lower legs. It obstructs blood flow and caused swelling and redness.

However, when it really becomes dangerous is when the blood clot breaks loose and travels to vital organs of the body, such as the lung. This condition is known as a PE or Pulmonary Embolism. When the clot obstructs the flow of oxygen to the lungs, death becomes a very real possibility.

Remember, people that have a genetic predisposition to thrombosis (clots) should avoid OCP at all costs. However, even others ought to bear in mind that pills are called hormonal pills for a reason and anything artificial injected into the body can have consequences.

So, to answer the original question, no, contraceptive pills are not safe at all. You should explore all other modes to avoid pregnancy rather than risk using a pill with some nasty potential consequences. If you use a pill consider the risks, and different pills have different levels of danger.