For many years, I have been counselling my patients not to use birth control pills as a form of contraception. My reasoning was that there were too many adverse effects with oral contraceptives and there were safe and effective alternatives that were not associated with serious adverse effects. In...
An article in Family Practice News contained the headline: Oral Contraceptives May Be Linked to Atherosclerosis. The article contained information from 1,301 Belgian women aged 35-55. Each 10 year use of oral contraceptives was associated with a 42% increase risk of bilateral carotid (the arteries in the neck) plaque. ...
