Is the pill safe?

The Pill is the most researched and written about drug in history and doctors and family planning experts are very well informed about identifying women who are in what is known as a 'risk category'.

Today's new Low-dose combined pills contain much lower doses of hormones than at any time in the past.

The synthetic estrogen ethinylestradiol (EE) in today's combined pills has been greatly reduced from 50 mcg and over to, for example:

35 mcg
30 mcg
20 mcg
15 mcg

Low-dose pills may cause fewer side-effects and are much more easily tolerated.

In general, the risk of taking either the combined pill or the POP (mini-pill) today, is lower than those risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth.

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