I have a friend who is interested in taking the pill to prevent pregnancy. She is 25 years old and is in very good health. However, her mother had breast cancer when she was 50. Thanks to chemo, her mother has since fully recovered and his now in good health (it was a rather mild case). Will a very low does pill like YAZ or Triphasil be safe for my friend? She'll probably only be using it for a few years.
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All meds including the Pill change the acid/alkaline balance of your body and therefore can set you up for sickness and disease. Nothing the doctors give you is truly safe - just read the side effects(link below). Since she knows the family history she can research all she can do to avoid this cancer from visiting her. All meds are poisons. None have natural healing or restorative effects and most often interfere with the natural balance of the body. She can call the Cancer Society of America (below) and speak with someone on line or in person about the questions related to this and anything else about breast cancer and what she should do or avoid as a lifestyle. Hope this helps.
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Hi. I was on a very low dose birth control pill, and within 2 years of being off it, i developed cancer. I can't say for sure, but i believe with all my heart that it was from taking birth control. Not one person in my family has ever had cancer. I do not smoke or drink, and eat extremely healthy. I should be the last person to ever get cancer. I regret ever taking the pill, and if i had a daughter, i would never let her take it. I don't believe it's safe ( even the lower dose ones ), and it's not worth your life. Synthetic hormones are known to cause cancer, and other health problems. If your friend wants to use them, please make sure to tell her to educate herself first, so she is aware of all the risks.
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High levels of estrogen are known to increase the risk of developing breast cancer because estrogen stimulates the mammary glands/ducts (this is actually why some women experience sore, swollen breasts when they ovulate). If it is in her family history she would already be at an increased risk and most doctors would be wary of prescribing a birth control containing estrogen. The good news is, you can get birth control which doesn't use synthetic estrogen. It is either a progestin-only pill ("minipill") or some other form like the Mirena hormonal IUD (also uses progestin). Progestin can actually decrease the risk of uterine and ovarian cancer (estrogen has an even better decreasing effect on these types of cancer), and doesn't have any known effect on the risk of breast cancer. Progestin-only methods are more likely to cause depression, loss of sex drive, irregular period and spotting/breakthrough bleeding than combined pills. There are a lot of potential side effects associated with hormonal birth control, but most women do OK on it and usually the side effects go away within the first three months. Your friend would be best off talking to an experienced gynecologist and a pharmacist to get more information. They would be able to figure out if her risk of breast cancer is too high to use estrogen or if she is within reasonable range.
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