Does taking oral contraceptives still affect the fetus?

Doctor CKII Bui Thi Hong Nhu – Tu Du Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City – said that taking oral contraceptives has a very low rate of 0˳01 – 0˳03% failure˳

This rate may be higher if the medication is not taken according to the instructions such as forgetting to take the pill, taking it at the wrong time, taking it with some drugs that interact to reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills˳

“If you are taking birth control pills and if you miss a pregnancy, it will not seriously affect the fetus, so you can still take care of the pregnancy as usual and still have the ability to give birth to a healthy baby,” said Dr˳ Nhu˳

However, in order to have a healthy pregnancy, it is necessary to comply with the full antenatal check-up process to be examined and consulted by doctors˳

Recently, hospitals have recorded many cases of female patients with acute pulmonary embolism related to oral contraceptives˳

The patient is hospitalized in a critical, life-threatening condition˳

Many people are hospitalized with the reason of prolonged abuse of birth control pills, some even use them for decades˳

According to experts, now there are many methods of contraception such as oral contraceptive pill, ring, male contraceptive patch, implant, sterilization …

To prevent pregnancy safely and effectively, it is necessary to visit and consult with a specialist doctor˳

Accordingly, doctors will base on health conditions, geography, underlying atherosclerotic disease, finances, preferences… to choose the most suitable contraceptive method˳

Pulmonary embolism from taking 15 emergency contraceptive pills a month

TTO – During 10 years, the 34-year-old patient regularly used emergency contraceptive pills, an average of 12-15 pills per month˳ The abuse of the drug causes the patient to have a pulmonary embolism˳