August 15th, 2008
Self asked: I’ve been researching the pill lately as a birth control option, and the more I read about it, the more alarming I find it. If heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, is there a connection between this and the birth control pill, which from a few prescribing information sheets I’ve read, list heart attack and stroke as potential side effects?
Here’s one link that mentions the risk (it plays up the risk as being greater if you smoke, but even if you don’t, the risk is still there. Potential heart attack from taking a pill?)
http://www.thepill.com/html/ppil/faq.jsp?#faq5
Melissa
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