How to prevent side effects of birth control pills

While contraceptive pills are convenient, they also bring many side effects to women. Female friends should learn how to prevent the side effects of contraceptive pills.

1. Poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, weakness

It often occurs when you start taking the medicine. When this reaction occurs, on the one hand, you can drink some strong tea, chew some candied ginger, or pickles; on the other hand, you must insist on taking the medicine as prescribed. As the body adapts to the medicine, the reaction will gradually disappear.

For some women who have more severe reactions, they can take the following reaction-suppressing drugs appropriately: vitamin B6, 20 mg each time, 3 times a day; vitamin C, 100 mg per second, 3 times a day; anti-reaction tablets, 1 tablet each time, 3 times a day; compound aluminum hydroxide tablets or yeast tablets, 1 gram each time, once a day, taken together with contraceptives.

2. Increased and thin vaginal discharge

It often occurs after taking long-acting contraceptives. Generally, no treatment is required. If there is too much leucorrhea, you can put a Chinese medicine tablet in the vagina every night.

3. Intermittent vaginal bleeding

It often occurs after missing a dose of birth control pills. Generally, as long as you continue to take the pills on time, the bleeding will stop and your menstrual period will return to normal. Of course, you can also ask your doctor to adjust the medication, or you can change to other contraceptives. For example, if you bleed after taking No. 2 contraceptive, you can switch to No. 1 contraceptive.

4. Lack of menstruation or even amenorrhea

This condition does not have much impact on physical health and is often temporary. If you have amenorrhea for three consecutive months, you should stop taking the medication, take other contraceptive measures, and resume taking the medication after menstruation resumes on its own.

If menstruation still does not occur within one month after stopping the medication, you should ask your doctor to use drugs such as medroxyprogesterone acetate, combined progesterone or menstrual induction tablets to induce menstruation based on the examination results. After that, you should switch to other contraceptives.

5. Gaining weight too quickly

If there is edema, diuretics and low-salt food should be used; if the weight continues to increase significantly, the medication should be stopped and other contraceptive methods should be used instead.

6. Brown spots on the face

It will generally disappear gradually after stopping the medication. If you take vitamin B or vitamin C, the effect will be better.

7. Breast pain

Generally, the dosage can be reduced. If the condition is serious, you should consider stopping the medication and choosing other contraceptive measures.

I hope the above content will help you use contraceptives correctly and take preventive measures.