When it comes to reducing side effects from birth control pills, many experts say to wait 3 months and then, if necessary, switch the type of pill or method of contraception and see if that helps.

As Sara Cravatts reported for Stat in 2021, in an article headlined “Patients and doctors are clashing about side effects of hormonal birth control,” many younger patients have been raised to ...

The Link Between Hormonal Side Effects and Nutritional Depletion Hormonal birth control has been shown to deplete key nutrients like folate, vitamins B2, B6, B12, C, and E, along with minerals ...

The study authors enlisted 139 women, aged 23 to 35, who were using oral contraceptives at the time, who had stopped taking the pill, or who had never used hormonal birth control, as well as 41 men.