Why one should take low birth control pills during perimenopausal phase? - Dr. Sireesha Reddy

Perimenopause is a phase of transition from normal cycling women getting into the menopausal stage, during this transition time period, most of the women undergo cycle irregularities, having vasomotor symptoms, hot flushes and causing other estrogen deficiency symptoms such as breast tenderness, breast aches and all. So when you have met your gynaecologist, your gynaecologist would have evaluated your symptoms and suggested you to go on hormone replacement therapy, which is by and large given a low dose contraceptive pills during that time of perimenopause. During perimenopause taking contraceptive pills is pretty much safer if you are a non-smoker and of not got a large body mass index. The added benefits of taking low dose contraceptive pills during the perimenopause is that it gives you a protection for your bone, the bone mineral density increase to a vast extent as well as it will relieve you of all your vasomotor symptoms, it has an added benefit of protecting you against ovarian, uterine as well as colorectal cancers.

[sylviaking]

Very few women are told this as they hit perimenopause. It's a real pity and a real neglect by the medical professions. This advice would have saved me hell on Earth.

[lisaharrison]

My doctor put me on this low dose of birth control pills I’m post menopause with issues