Why do birth control pills affect all women differently?!
Question:
Why do birth control pills affect all women differently?
I'm starting yaz and when researching how it will affect me, i realized that there are really no consistent results in terms of side affects. What is it about our bodies that makes birth control pills affect all women differently? thanks.
Answers:
Because different birth controls have different hormone levels, and different women have different hormone levels. If a woman has a higher than average level of a particular hormone, and takes a birth control with that hormone in it, she will have more of that hormone in her system than another woman on the same birth control would. Depending on the hormone, this can increase her chances of adverse side effects and it may even in some cases, decrease the effectiveness of the birth control for her.