If you miss a birth control pill, take it as soon as you can. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Oral contraceptive pills consist of either the hormones progestin and estrogen or only progestin ...

Pills that contain progestin and estrogen are called combined oral contraceptives (COCs). Most forms of modern birth control pills contain lower amounts of estrogen than they did in the past.

New mothers who start hormonal contraception after giving birth may face a slightly increased risk of depression in the ...

Yamah Kollie, 36, was shaken when a nurse at the Duport Health Center, in Liberia's Montserrado County, delivered unexpected news: she was pregnant.Upset and frustrated by this unplanned conception, ...

A progestin-only oral contraceptive, each pill contains 0.075 mg of norgestrel and is available in 28-day packs. There is no estrogen component in the pill, which should be taken daily at the same ...

of whom 23.6% initiated combined oral contraceptives, 10.9% progestogen-only pills, 5.3% progestogen-only non-oral contraceptives, and 0.9% combined non-oral contraceptives. Mean follow-up ...

Anyone who chooses to start the pill mid-cycle should use backup contraception for at least 7 days if using the combined pill and at least 2 days if using the minipill. To be extra careful ...

Women who used combined oral contraceptives had a significantly higher mean age of hidradenitis suppurativa onset, as well as higher rates of concomitant polycystic ovary syndrome and ...

Is combined oral contraceptive use linked to SLE incidence? Chi Chiu Mok 1 Nature Reviews Rheumatology volume 5 , pages 360–361 ( 2009 ) Cite this article ...

For combined oral contraceptives, combined nonoral contraceptives, and progestogen-only nonoral contraceptives, risk was higher (adjusted hazard ratios, 1.72, 1.97, and 1.40, respectively). Use of ...