In the early 20th century, Margaret Sanger became one of the most avid proponents of contraception in the U.S. By 1950, she and Katharine McCormick had contracted with biologist Gregory Pincus to develop an effective birth control pill. Though Planned Parenthood, School-based Health Centers and the mainstream media typically present hormonal contraceptives as a boon for women, they overlook the serious side effects reported in mainstream scientific literature, either through deliberate intent or negligence.
Breana Carlson wished she had known, and so do I personally as it was certainly part of the reason we struggled for over 10 years with infertility.
[Below are some ways to help with progesterone deficiency safely or detox from birth control pills].
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[The class of hormonal methods of birth control include birth control pills; implants such as Norplant, Jadelle and Implanon; injectables such as Depo-Provera and Lunelle; intrauterine devices (IUDs), patches and rings, and, of course, the class of abortion pills and so-called emergency “contraception,” which includes Cytotec, ellaOne, Mifegyne, Mifeprix, Plan B and Misoprostol.]
All of these contain either one or a combination of artificial progestins and artificial estrogens.1
This should come as no surprise since hormonal birth control methods such as “the Pill” are listed as carcinogens by their own manufacturers.2
Health Issues Caused Hormonal Contraception
The list on the patient information pamphlets is very long:3
- Heart attacks
- Cancers, tumors (like Breana)
- Anaphylaxis
- Sudden total or partial blindness
- Pulmonary embolisms
- Early unintended abortion
- High blood pressure
- Dizziness and fainting
- Abdominal discomfort, bloating, and pain
- Gall bladder problems, including gallstones
- Inflammation of the pancreas and liver
- Nausea and vomiting
- Water weight – puffiness
- Long-term hormonal regulation problems
- Ectopic pregnancies
- Insulin sensitivity
- Elevated potassium levels
- Migraines or severe headaches
- Depression and mood swings, psychiatric disorders
- Breast pain and swelling
- Changes in menstruation patterns, e.g., PMS and dysmenorrhea
- Acne
- Rashes
- Stroke
- Hair loss
- Loss of libido
- Fatigue
- Significant weight gain
- Fatal blood clots
One of the most serious is the increased risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clots that can be fatal.
According to the Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmaco-therapeutics, the Pill can increase the risk of DVT up to eight-fold: (source)
Lasting Testosterone Imbalance
Among the other various negative effects of the hormonal methods is difficulty regulating a woman’s testosterone levels even when she no longer uses the method. Unbound testosterone persists after women stop using birth control. Women use testosterone, as men’s do, to regulate sexual function, though in far lower amounts. The researchers found after 7 years of research: “.. many womens’ sexual dysfunction and hormonal problems persisted despite stopping the birth control pill.”5
Might many doctors have it all wrong? The Pill is causative of PCOS symptoms.
“Sexual Chemistry” and being attracted to “Mr. Wrong.”
Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD, a women’s health specialist has studied the birth control pill’s negative impacts on women’s moods. She found that they “might even bring about the need for antidepressants: The Pill screws up a woman’s mood and libido, and then she ends up on Prozac.”7
Pill manufacturers agree. Their patient information pamphlets list depression, nervousness and psychiatric disorders as side-effects.8
But, their impacts go far beyond simple ‘mood swings’.
The Scientific American states the contraceptive pill disrupt women’s taste in men and their natural ability to choose a partner genetically dissimilar to themselves. Humans choose partners through their body odour and tend to be attracted to those with a dissimilar genetic make-up to themselves, maintaining genetic diversity.
Science Daily states, “Disturbing a woman’s instinctive attraction to genetically different men could result in difficulties when trying to conceive and an increased risk of miscarriage. Passing on a lack of diverse genes to a child could also weaken their immune system.”
The Pill & It’s Primary Concern: Cancer
The hormonal methods of birth control increase the risk of cancer in women of childbearing age (like Breana).When taking hormonal contraceptives, “teenagers are especially vulnerable to breast cancer risk because their breasts are growing,” reports the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. The Institute also says that although the Pill lowers the risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers, “according to the American Cancer Society, out of [a random selection of] 100 women with cancer, 31 have breast cancer, 6 have endometrial cancer and only 3 have ovarian cancer, so it is not a good ‘trade-off’ in risk.”
The National Cancer Institute confirms this view by stating that “studies have provided consistent evidence that the risks of breast and cervical cancers are increased in women who use oral contraceptives, whereas the risks of endometrial, ovarian, and colorectal cancers are reduced.6
Environmental Poisoning by the Pill
Much of the female hormonal content in these birth control methods is excreted via urine and ends up in rivers and lakes. Scientists are finding ever-greater numbers of “intersex” animals in aquatic environments that could lead to a collapse in fish and other populations, followed by a collapse in the populations of animals dependent upon them.
Already in 2004, The Washington Post reported that 79% of the male smallmouth bass in the Potomac River are growing eggs. (source) In certain places, said the Post, “100% of the male fish had some female characteristics.” (source)
“By any standard typically used by environmentalists, the pill is a pollutant.” ~Iain Murray, author of The Really Inconvenient Truths
Early Abortion
Though the Pill, appear to act the great majority of the time in preventing conception by suppressing ovulation and inhibiting sperm transport through the woman’s body, at other times they cause abortion by preventing or disrupting the implantation of an already-conceived child.
[Many thanks to the Human Life International Staff, in particular, Brian Clowes, PhD.]
Ways to Address Low or Nonexistent Progesterone OR to Detox from the Damage Done:
- Read about the Birth Control Pill Detox Program using homeopathic consultation.
- After having used the Pill for the first 6 years we were married, I really needed ProMeno Women’s Wild Yam Cream – and still do for vaginal dryness at age 70. It works! It is MoonMaid Botanical’s herbal alternative to the bio-identical progesterone creams. I have used it for ~6 years now and recommend it.
- TRS (nanozeolite in purified water) has helped many detox from the synthetic chemicals that are the root of estrogen dependent fibroids and other imbalances. Find out more here or here.
**For the FULL PROTOCOL (including NAC) to protect from transmission from the “V” and to help those who took the “V”, go here.
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[1] The chemicals used in hormonal methods of birth control commonly include one of about a dozen different artificial progestins — cyproterone acetate, dienogest, desogestrel, drospirenone, ethynodiol diacetate, etonogestrel, gestodene, levonorgestrel, medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), norelgestromin, norethindrone, norethindrone acetate and norgestrel. All of the methods also include the artificial estrogens ethinyl estradiol or estradiol cypionate.
To search for any hormonal birth control method by name, visit the National Institute for Health’s DailyMed website.
[2] Review of 1,346 patient information pamphlets on various hormonal methods of birth control distributed by the manufacturers. The National Cancer Institute (NIC) states, “The risks of breast and cervical cancers are increased in women who use oral contraceptives, whereas the risks of endometrial, ovarian, and colorectal cancers are reduced.”
[3] This example is Janssen Pharmaceuticals, “Micronor®” Oral Contraceptive Tablets, May 2020. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, “Highlights of Prescribing Information: Yasmin,” April 2012.
[5] Claudia Panzer, M.D., et.al. “Impact of Oral Contraceptives on Sex Hormone‐Binding Globulin and Androgen Levels: A Retrospective Study in Women with Sexual Dysfunction.” The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 3, Issue 1 [January 1, 2006], pages 104 to 113.
[6] National Cancer Institute. “Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk.” February 22, 2018. It should be noted that the National Cancer Institute also says that breast cancers and cervical cancers are much more common than endometrial, ovarian, and colorectal cancers.
[7] Rachael Combe, M.D. “Sexual Chemistry.” Elle, September 2005.
[8] Janssen Pharmaceuticals, “Micronor®” Oral Contraceptive Tablets, May 2020.
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MS
J- I foolishly took birth control pills from the age of 14 all the way into my late 30’s. I have recently (now in my late 40’s) been having alot of problems (many which are listed above as ‘side effects’ to taking the pill. Do you know if those side effects can be lasting for a decade after the stop of taking these dangerous drugs? Is there any research to show the damage showing up later in years and if so- what can be done to ‘clear the body ‘of the drug in the system- or/and its effects.. Thank you for anything you can share on this matter. You are a great source of information and help.. May God protect you in all that you do! MS.
Melissa
At your age MS, you are likely in the late stage of perimenopause which would cause much of the same symptoms. Check out Menopause Barbie on YouTube, she’s a wealth of info. I’m learning so much that I didn’t know about how my body is changing as it prepares to end my fertile years.
Jacqueline
MS, I don’t know if there are any studies on that, bc it wouldn’t be good information for pharma profits. Without a doubt there are persistent effects as those synthetics set the body up for imbalance.
I am a fan of regular detoxing for just that reason as most of us have tangled with medications, OTC drug, vaccines, or procedures (like MRIs using gadolinium) through our years
(plus the onslaught of environmental toxins) that sets us on the path of autoimmune response or immune system suppression.
Here is my Master email and Full Protocol that will share my recommendation(s): https://deeprootsathome.com/trs
Blessings,
Jacque
MS
Thank you so much for your advice! This site is SUCH a help to those of us who are seeking answers and solutions to be more in control of our own ‘health walk’.. Blessings! MS
Sandy
I wonder if the pill could also increase menopause symptoms later in life. The first generation of women who took the pill are also the first generation of women to be very vocal about their menopause problems. It’s possible they’re just a more outspoken generation, but I would be curious to know if a study has ever been done on whether the women with the worst menopause symptoms took the pill or not.
Janine
I was on the pill for 15 years. When I got off it I found that it had NUMBED my body and suppressed my emotions. I could feel my body “waking up” slowly. I also became attracted to more masculine men. I thank God I found my husband and was still able to have one child (after one miscarriage). If I could do everything over again, I would never have gone on the pill, or gone to college. I would have had a house full of children, my true calling, that I missed out on due to the pill.
Jacqueline
Janine, thank you so much for sharing your insightful story here.
I am so thankful you found your husband – and your comment that you ‘became attracted to more masculine men’ is stunning and revealing.
Thank you for your valuable insight!
Sending peace,
Jacque
AK
Jacque, do you think it would be dangerous for someone pre-menopausal to take a synthetic progesterone (Provera) for one week in an effort to address uterine wall thickening (accompanied with a small ovarian cyst)? Or are there safer alternatives, do you think? The idea is, taking Provera 1 week before menstruation, will induce a heavy period. Thanks so much for your time!
Jacqueline
Hi, AK,
I would suggest 2 things, but feel an email is best place to do that. I will email you now…~J
Mandy
This is not related to the pill exactly, but what are your thoughts on estrogen cream for post menopausal symptoms? My doctor said it does not have the same risks, as it is applied topically. Do you know of any other alternatives? Thank you!
PS. I don’t mind if you publish my comment, but could you do so anonymously?
Melissa
Not the blog author, but I strongly urge you to learn about estrogen related products via several menopause specialists online. I have found so much information over the past several years online via websites, youtube, and instagram. As I’ve entered into this phase of my life, much has been learned and my views have completely changed for the better. On Instagram, check out gyn doctors: Louise Newsom, Mary Claire Haver, Menopause Barbie Taylor, Drmennobgyn. I know there are more that I can’t think of off the top of my head, but these pages are solid from actual gyn doctors. Also the book Estrogen Matters is supposed to be a wealth of info, but I haven’t read it yet (there is also an instagram page for the book). The bottom line is the info has changed and estrogen isn’t scary like it was thought after the WHI study from the early 2000s.
Jacqueline
Thank you for sharing this information, Melissa.