The Pill for Birth Control: 7 Facts an Ob/Gyn Insists You Know
In this video, ob/gyn Kecia Gaither, MD, discusses important information everyone should know when taking birth control pills.
Since its FDA approval in the 60s, “the Pill” has become one of the most popular and effective forms of reversible birth control ever invented. A 2013 National Health Statistics Report says that of the women who’ve opted to use some form of birth control, 82 percent of them had also used the Pill at some point.
Birth control pills contain different combinations of the hormones estrogen and progestin to prevent pregnancy. There many different kinds, so it’s important to talk with your doctor to find the right one for you. Here’s what Kecia Gaither, MD, director of perinatal services at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, tells her patients about taking birth control pills
- Kecia Gaither, MD, MPH, MS, MBA, FACOGDr. Gaither, an ob-gyn and maternal fetal medicine specialist, is director of perinatal services at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a member of NYC Health + Hospitals System in Bronx, New York.
References
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Daniels, K, et al. (2013). National health statistics report: Contraceptive methods women have ever used in the United States: 1982 -2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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