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FDA Approves Opill as First Over-the-Counter Daily Oral Contraceptive, Expanding Access to Birth Control

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Opill, a progestin-only daily oral contraceptive, to be available witho

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A e dini se - do Kete nje Pilule Kontraceptive edhe per Meshkujt?

A e dini se – do Kete nje Pilule Kontraceptive edhe per Meshkujt?

Niveli i larte i shtatzanive te paplanifikuara dhe te padeshiruara i ka detyruar shkencetaret, qe procesin e planifikimit familjar te mos e bazojne vetem tek kontraceptivet orale qe merren nga femrat. Lajme te reja vijne edhe nga puna per krijimin e nje pilule kontraceptive orale per meshkujt.

Sipas Insight,ideja baze per krijimin e kesaj pilule eshte marre nga helmi i shigjetave te disa…

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(Not so) Secret women’s business - the good ol’ contraceptive pill.

I remember when I got my first period on Christmas Day (yes Christmas morning, thank you for the pressie Santa) at the end of Year Eight. It was a momentous occasion for me - I was one of the last girls in my group of friends to get it and always felt like I was missing out when they talked about “Aunty Flow” and their “Rags”. After that Christmas I quickly learnt I wasn’t actually missing anything!

Like so many women my age, I’ve been on the pill for many, many years. Twelve to be exact. And also like a lot of women, I have never given my body a break. Heck I think I can count on one hand the number of pills I have accidentally forgotten to take over all these years. I’ve been pretty meticulous with taking it - half because it’s just in my nature to remember things and half because the thought of accidentally getting pregnant is even more scary to me than the news a couple of weeks back that processed meat products cause cancer. And as a salami-enthusiast, that REALLY was scary. (But naturally my eating habits have not been affected.) I first went on the pill because in my younger years I didn’t fully trust that condoms were enough protection, but also because in my teens I had heavy periods that came every three weeks. And the pill seemed like the obvious answer to all my problems. I started with a short stint on Levlen (made me feel a little low so I quickly got off it), and then on to Yasmin, which at the time was a “revolutionary” new pill that hadn’t been in Australia for all that long. And on it I stayed...

In the last couple of years, it’s been hard to ignore all of the articles being written about the dangers of Yasmin and its sister pill Yaz. Month after month there is another woman in America successfully suing the manufacturers Bayer Healthcare. There are now class action law suits in Australia too, claiming the pill has caused severe blood clots, amongst other things. (Google it if you feel like some interesting yet shocking reading.)

I’ve written before about how I was 22 when diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Sjogren’s Syndrome and lately I’ve been wondering how my body might impact from a break from the pill. I have never experienced Sjogren’s not on the pill - it might make my symptoms better, it might make them much worse. But I’m very curious to find out.

So as of last Saturday I have officially been contraceptive-pill free! I’ve been off for one whole week now! Obviously at this early stage I still don’t feel any different, although I was secretly hoping for some kind of instant reaction. I have incessantly googled what I can expect and I’m hanging to see what will happen and what I will feel. As for contraception, I am still scared of getting pregnant, although my 18 year old self is very much behind me and the thought isn’t quite as petrifying as it once was. In my time of uncertainly, I’m amazed and confused by this fun fact sent to me by one of my close friends:

“Effects of hormonal contraceptives on mate selection have been documented, both as they affect women's preferences for men (Wedekind et al.,1995) and men's preferences for women (Kuukasjärvi et al., 2004). Differences in long-term relationship outcomes have also been observed in hormonal contraceptive users (Roberts et al., 2012).” 

Will I still be interested in my long-term boyfriend? Only time will tell! (Although I’m pretty keen to prove Wedekind wrong.)

If anyone reading this has gone off the pill after a long time, please comment and let me know how it went for you - would love to hear about your experiences x