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If you are struggling with depression, or have at one point in your life, it is important to learn more about how the birth control pill may affect your depression. Depending on the type of depression you have, birth control pills can improve it or make it worse.

PMS or Menstrual related depression can be improved by using the birth control pill. Depression that only sets on during “that time of the month” is caused by hormonal changes in your body. Those rapid changes can be “mellowed” by taking the pill. Many women with menstrual or PMS related depression see an improvement in the way the feel after being on the pill for a couple of months.

If you constantly suffer from depression, it is probably not hormone related, at least not related to the hormonal changes associated with your period. Taking the pill in this case can make things worse instead of helping relief your depression. Many women feel increased depression after being on the pill. There are also some who don’t start feeling depressed until they start taking the birth control pill. Usually using an alternate form of birth control in addition to some natural or prescription medication will get you back out of depression.

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Weight-loss Pill Acomplia, Blocks Munchies

Nelson Virginia

The magic bullet for obesity — rimonabant (Acomplia) — does help people lose weight, although not that much weight, and also helps lower cardiac risk factors, according to a review of studies. The drug works in a new way, suppressing the appetite by targeting the brain cells involved in the “munchies” familiar to marijuana users. “The use of rimonabant after one year produces modest of approximately 5 percent” of body weight, found reviewers led by Cintia Curioni, at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. “Compared with placebo, a 20-milligram pill produced a 4.9 kilogram greater reduction in body weight in trials with one-year results.” This translates to weight loss of a little under 11 pounds. The review looked at four randomized controlled trials comparing at two dosages and with placebo, after one or two years of treatment. Participants, all overweight or obese, followed a “mild” low-calorie diet, adjusted for individual body weight. Only the higher dose — 20 milligrams — had significant impact on weight, waist circumference, cholesterol levels and blood pressure. However, the higher dose brought on more, and more serious, side effects than both the lower dose and placebo. People on the larger dose lost an average 1.5 inches on their waistlines. They also showed a slight dip in blood pressure. The higher drug dose significantly lowered blood lipids (fats) and increased high-density lipoprotein (“good” cholesterol) by 3.5 mg/dl compared to placebo. But on the flip side, side effects included nausea, dizziness, headache, joint pain and diarrhea. More serious side effects included psychiatric and nervous system disorders. Rimonabant has been billed for several years as a potential panacea for the most troublesome of habits — obesity, smoking and possibly alcohol addiction. Studies on its use in smoking-cessation studies are currently under way.

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BLOOD CLOTS AND THE PILL

The combined oral contraceptive pill (OCP) may influence coagulation, increasing the risk of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), stroke and heart attack.

Combined oral contraceptives are not recommended for women with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, in women who have a familial tendency to form blood clots, women with severe obesity and/or hypercholesterolaemia (high cholesterol level), and in smokers over age 35.

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http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/bloodclotsandocp.html
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