Will taking too many birth control pills make you fat?

People who use contraceptives for a long time need to use contraceptives to suppress ovulation, so the main clinical effect of contraceptives is to prolong the time of ovulation to prevent the possibility of sperm and egg combining. People who take contraceptives for a long time will have hormonal imbalance in their bodies and will naturally gain weight. They need to pay special attention to their diet and make adjustments.

While taking long-acting contraceptives, you will experience nausea, vomiting and other reactions similar to early pregnancy, and your vaginal discharge will also increase. Side effects of long-acting contraceptives include:

1. Early pregnancy-like reaction. Such as nausea, vomiting and other phenomena. The early pregnancy reactions of long-acting contraceptive injections are milder than those of oral medications and generally do not require diagnosis or treatment.

2. Irregular vaginal bleeding during menstruation. This is a relatively common side effect. You can take one ethinyl estradiol tablet. If bleeding still occurs, it is recommended to use other contraceptive methods.

3. The menstrual cycle is shortened. The method to prolong the menstrual period is to take 1 to 2 short-acting contraceptive pills every day 4 to 5 days before each menstrual period for 5 consecutive days.

4. Changes in menstrual volume. The side effects generally do not require treatment and will return to normal after stopping the medication. If this phenomenon is obvious, it is recommended to stop taking the medicine and use other contraceptive methods.

5. Breast swelling, palpitations, hot flashes, back pain, abdominal pain, etc. generally return to normal after stopping the medication.

6. Headache. Pay attention to measuring blood pressure. If blood pressure is normal, you can continue to take the medication. If headache persists, you should consider stopping the medication.

How to take long-acting contraceptive pills

There are many types of long-acting contraceptives, including megestrol acetate tablets, megestrol acetate tablets and combined megestrol acetate tablets, etc. Now let’s talk about the specific usage of these three long-acting contraceptives.

1. Megestrol acetate plus tablets are short-acting oral contraceptives. Take 1 tablet every night starting from the 5th day of menstruation for 22 consecutive days as a cycle. Menstruation will come 3-7 days after stopping the medication. Start taking the next cycle of medicine on the 5th day of your period.

2. Megestrol acetate contraceptive tablets for visiting relatives (containing 2 mg of megestrol acetate) are suitable for use by couples who are separated from each other for a short period of time when visiting relatives. Their usage is not restricted by the menstrual cycle. Start taking 1 tablet of medroxyprogesterone acetate for visiting relatives at noon on the day of the visit, and take 1 tablet that night, and then take 1 tablet every night until you take another tablet the next day after the visit ends.

3. The usage of methyl ether anti-pregnancy pills (containing medroxyprogesterone acetate 0.5 mg and 0.8 mg) is to take one pill starting from the 6th to 7th day of menstruation, and then take one pill each time during sexual intercourse. The effect is better if taken more than twice a week. If you have sex less than 2 times a week, take 1 pill every 3-4 days. When used for contraception when visiting relatives, you can take 1 pill 3-4 days before the visit or at noon on the day of the visit, and then take 1 pill each time you have sex.

In short, female friends should pay attention to proper use of long-acting contraceptives. If they are used in excess, the harm they cause to our female friends' bodies and their families will be immeasurable.

In addition, long-acting contraceptives cannot be stopped suddenly. You must switch to short-acting contraceptives and wait for three months before stopping. This will allow the hormone levels in the body to slowly decrease and avoid heavy bleeding.

Long-acting contraceptives are drugs used to inhibit ovulation and prevent implantation. Its advantages are high efficiency, long-term effect, reversibility, no need for daily medication, easy to use and distribute, and no impact on sexual life. But it also has its disadvantages.