Advantages and disadvantages of hormonal methods

• April 26, 2024

Contraceptive methods that work with synthetic hormones interfere with a woman's menstrual cycle. Some have progestogens and others combine them with progesterone to inhibit the maturation and release of the ovum, since in the absence of ovulation the ovule can not be fertilized and there is no pregnancy.

Some of these methods cause the cervical mucus to be thicker, causing a hostile environment for the sperm and the endometrium to be thin and unsuitable to receive a fertilized egg.

Almost all adolescents and young women can take birth control pills. There are only a few reasons why the doctor may think that another method of contraception needs to be chosen.

Advantages of contraceptive pills:

-Bright some protection against ovarian and endometrial cancer

-It reduces possible benign mammary diseases

-Alivia for dysmenorrhea and iron deficiency anemia

-It regulates your menstrual cycle

-It reduces the risk of ectopic pregnancy

-Improves the texture of the skin (decreases acne)

-It is easily reversible

-Improves endometriosis

Disadvantages:

-Increases the risk of cardiovascular and thromboembolic diseases in smokers older than 35 years of age

-You can exacerbate the migraine

-Requires adaptation and discipline of daily use

-The effectiveness can be reduced by other medications (for example, anticonvulsant drugs)

-Does not protect against STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections)

-You may have some bothersome symptoms, such as weight gain, in menstrual bleeding and breast tenderness (less common in low dose preparations)

-Leve increase in the percentage of failures, in patients weighing 90 kg or more