Can the pill cause any damage if taken for several years?

Question

Ive been on the pill for nearly two years now and im worrying a lot about wether it could cause any damage in the long term, even infertility?

Answer 1

"Damage"? Its not like your arm will fall off from taking the pill! But there may be some hormonal problems caused by the pill in the long run. Now you'll never get a doctor to say that-- many ob/gyns prescribe the pill as a cure all when all it is good for is preventing pregnancy. The fact is, it changes your cycles to fit into a 28 day time frame even if you are a 24 or 31 day woman.

It cannot make you infertile, but you may want to wait a few months after coming off the pill before getting pregnant (may cause birth defects). There are many other birth control options if oral birth control is messing with your hormones (it made me feel like c**p).

Answer 2

nope!  no damage at all!  you can use it through the end of your reproductive years.

in fact, studies have shown that the pill reduces your risk for several types of reproductive-organ cancers.  it may increase your risk of cervical cancer, but this is probably not due to the pill itself, but the fact that pill users are more likely to not use condom.  (any woman not using a condom, even with a longtime partner, faces a substantial risk of HPV infection, which may in turn lead to cervical cancer.)