Situations When Birth Control Pills Should Not Be Used

Gynecology and Obstetrics Specialist Op.Dr. Abdulaziz Akkaya explained the situations in which birth control pills should not be used.

Underlining that birth control pills (oral contraceptive drugs) may have some side effects as a result of misuse, Op.Dr. Abdulaziz Akkaya said, “Therefore, a doctor's examination is necessary to use the appropriate pills for the person. "In addition, as we mentioned, in some cases, harmful situations may arise because the pills contain hormones." He said.

Op. Dr. Abdulaziz Akkaya listed the situations in which birth control pills (oral contraceptive drugs) should definitely not be used as follows:

Pregnancy suspected and pregnancy

Vaginal bleeding of unknown cause

Breast cancer

Vascular disease

Those with migraine with aura

Sickle cell anemia

Thrombogenic cardiac arrhythmia

Coagulation tendency

Drug-induced hypertension

Liver disease

Lupus (SLE)

Women with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura disease should definitely not use birth control pills.

Who should not use Birth Control Pills (oral contraceptive drugs) or who should use them under the supervision of a doctor?Op. Dr. Abdulaziz Akkaya listed them as follows:

• Women who are over 35 years old and smoke,

• Women with high blood pressure (However, it can be used under the supervision of a doctor if the high blood pressure is under control and no problems are found as a result of the examination performed by the doctor.)

• Women with cardiovascular disease (especially those with vascular occlusion problems). and women who have had vascular occlusion problems before should definitely not use it)

• Women who are at risk of heart attack or have had a heart attack

• Women who have had or are at risk of having a blockage in their brain vessels or a stroke

• Women diagnosed with Thrombophilia and Antiphospholipid syndrome

• Women with thrombogenic heart valve problems

• Women with thrombogenic cardiac arrhythmia

• Women with high triglycerides

• Women diagnosed with breast cancer

• Women diagnosed with endometrial cancer.

• Women with blood cancer

• Women with acute liver disease

• Women with myoma problems (However, it should be used under the supervision of a doctor. Under normal circumstances, using birth control pills may cause the myoma to grow.)

• In case of pituitary adenoma, birth control pills can be used under the supervision of a doctor.

• If diabetic patients have problems in other organs such as kidneys and eyes, birth control pills should definitely not be used.

• Women suffering from sickle cell anemia

• Gallbladder stones do not cause a problem in the use of birth control pills. However, since birth control pills can trigger this problem, they must be used under the supervision of a doctor.

• Epilepsy does not pose a problem for birth control pills. However, medications used for epilepsy may reduce the protective effect of birth control pills. For this reason, it is not a suitable method to prevent pregnancy.

• In major surgical operations or traumatic cases that require immobilization for a long time, birth control pills should be stopped 1 month before the operation.

• Pregnant women

• Women with hemolytic-uremic syndrome

• Cause Women who experience bleeding between unknown menstrual periods

Birth control pills should not be used together with medications used due to a disease. The reason for this is that some medications lose their protective effect when used with birth control pills.

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