22
      Notices
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
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      6
      October
      1998
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Ashi
      ini
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Answers
      to
      your
     
     
      contraceptive
     
     
      health
      questions
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Q.
      Allie,
      my
      friends
      tell
     
     
      me
      that
      I'll
      gain
      a
      lot
      of
     
     
      weight
      if
      I
      go
      on
      the
      Pill.
     
     
      Is
      this
      true
      and
      is
      there
     
     
      anything
      I
      can
      do
      about
      it?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A.
      Many
      of
      us
      are
      con-
     
     
      cerned
      with
      what
      we
      hear
     
     
      about
      the
      side-effects
      of
     
     
      birth
      control
      pills.
      The
     
     
      older
      oral
      contraceptives
     
     
      often
      caused
      many
      uncom-
     
     
      fortable
      side-effects,
      includ-
     
     
      ing
      headache,
      breast
      tender-
     
     
      ness,
      nausea,
      mood
      swings,
     
     
      acne
      and
      weight
      gain.
     
     
      These
      were
      linked
      mostly
      to
     
     
      the
      high
      amounts
      of
      hor-
     
     
      mones
      in
      the
      Pill
      at
      that
     
     
      time.
     
    

    
     
      Fortunately,
      researchers
     
     
      were
      able
      to
      reduce
      the
      fre-
     
     
      quency
      of
      side-effects
      by
     
     
      lowering
      the
      amount
      of
      sex
     
     
      hormones
      in
      the
      Pill.
      When
     
     
      discussing
      a
      woman's
      birth
     
     
      control
      pill
      options,
      doctors
     
     
      now
      recognize
      the
      need
      to
     
     
      choose
      a
      Pill
      with
      the
      lowest
     
     
      possible
      dose
      of
      these
      hor-
     
     
      mones.
     
    

    
     
      Recently,
      Alesse,
      a
      new
     
     
      oral
      contraceptive
      was
      intro-
     
     
      duced
      to
      Canadian
      women
     
     
      that
      responds
      to
      their
      needs
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      your
      specific
      concerns.
     
     
      Alesse
      is
      the
      lowest-dose
     
     
      levonorgestrel
      combination
     
     
      birth
      control
      pill
      available.
     
     
      Don't
      worry,
      it's
      still
      99
      per
     
     
      cent
      effective,
      just
      like
      the
     
     
      older,
      higher-dose
      pills,
     
     
      providing
      you
      take
      it
      as
     
     
      your
      doctor
      tells
      you.
     
    

    
     
      Studies
      using
      Alesse
     
     
      found
      that
      fewer
      than
      one
     
     
      per
      cent
      of
      women
      gained
     
     
      weight
      or
      experienced
      other
     
     
      side-effects
      common
      with
     
     
      some
      birth
      control
      pills.
      So
     
     
      that
      means
      good
      news
      for
     
     
      women
      like
      you
      who
      are
     
     
      concerned
      about
      side-effects
     
     
      such
      as
      weight
      gain.
     
    

    
     
      Remember
      that
      every
     
     
      woman
      has
      different
      health
     
     
      care
      needs,
      so
      it's
      important
     
     
      to
      speak
      to
      your
      doctor
     
     
      before
      starting
      birth
      control.
     
     
      Together,
      you
      can
      determine
     
     
      what's
      best
      for
      you.
     
    

    
     
      And
      don't
      forget,
     
     
      although
      birth
      control
      pills
     
     
      are
      effective
      at
      preventing
     
     
      pregnancy,
      you
      still
      need
      to
     
     
      take
      precautions
      to
      protect
     
     
      yourself
      against
      HIV/AIDS
     
     
      and
      other
      sexually
      transmit-
     
     
      ted
      diseases.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Who
      can
      take
      birth
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      RG
      mt)
      ee
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      you
      have
      had
      your
     
     
      first
      period
      but
      have
      not
     
     
      yet
      reached
      menopause,
     
     
      you
      can
      take
      oral
      contra-
     
     
      ceptives.
     
    

    
     
      However,
      if
      you
      have
      a
     
     
      history
      of
      any
      of
      the
      fol-
     
     
      lowing
      conditions,
      you
     
     
      should
      not
      take
      birth
      con-
     
     
      trol
      pills:
     
    

    
     
      *
      heart
      attack
      or
      heart
      dis-
     
     
      ease;
     
    

    
     
      *
      liver
      disease;
     
    

    
     
      *
      cerebrovascular
      disor-
     
     
      ders;
     
    

    
     
      *
      breast
      cancer;
      and
     
    

    
     
      ¢
      abnormal
      vaginal
      bleed-
     
     
      ing.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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