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What is Birth control?

Birth control pills, also called oral contraceptives, are prescription medicines designed to prevent pregnancy. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 39 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 19 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Regulate Periods 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Birth control 5 1 Efficacy_major
Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual flow) 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
PREGNANCY PREVENTION 4 0

See all 84 patients currently taking Birth control

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 7
Mild
 4
None
 14

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Birth control

Weight gain 3
Sex drive (libido) decreased 3
Nausea 2
Pain in breast 1
Sexual side effects 1
Insomnia agitation 1
See all 11 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Birth control. See all 26 dosages ►

  daily 0.15 mg daily 1 mcg daily 1 other daily 1 mg daily 1 tbs. daily 1 daily 3 mg daily 10 mg daily 25 mg daily
  9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 16 Number of Patients: 16 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Birth control (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 9   Other: 31%
Side effects too severe 7   Side effects too severe: 24%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 14%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 14%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 10%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 25 patients who’ve stopped taking Birth control

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Birth control

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Birth control

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Birth control

Always
 21 78%
Usually
 4 15%
Sometimes
 1 4%
Never
 1 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Birth control

Very
 1 4%
Somewhat
 2 7%
A little
 6 22%
Not at all
 18 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Birth control

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 6%
$25-49
 5 28%
< $25
 12 67%

Report created on February 11, 2012.