Annual Impact of Hormonal Birth Control in the U.S.
- Over 1,000 women die every year in the US specifically due to a Pulmonary Embolism (blood clot in the lung) as a direct result of the use of the Pill, Patch or Ring.
- Up to 2,600 women survive a Pulmonary Embolism each year as a result of the Pill, Patch or Ring. PE's are a potentially catastrophic event which can lead to death.
- 1 in 300 women in the US develop some form of a blood clot each year due to the effects of the Pill, Patch & Ring.
- Doctors and Pharmaceutical companies refer to this as a "very rare event". That is factually incorrect.
Comparing Risk Between
Generation 2, 3 & 4 Contraceptives
(The Pills, The Patch and The NuvaRing)
Health Impact - Newer Birth Control drugs are more dangerous than previous generations. - Newer is not better in this case.
2nd Generation Hormone Pills
- 7,800,000 women use 1st and 2nd generation pills - "The Pill".
- 4,680 women (5-7 per 10,000 users ) per year will develop a blood clot related to the increased "estrogenic effects" of these pills.
- 3,120 women per year will develop a Deep Vein Thrombosis (blood clot in leg) related to the use of these pills. DVT has a 6% mortality rate.
- 1,560 of these women will develop a Pulmonary Embolism which has a 12% mortality rate.
Bottom Line - 5 of every 100,000 die each year due to a blood clot caused by the increased "estrogenic effects" of hormonal contraception.
3rd Generation Hormone - Patch & Ring
- 1,000,000 women use 3rd generation hormonal contraceptives - NuvaRing & Patch.
- 900 of these of these women (6-12 per 10,000 users ) per year will develop a blood clot related to increased estrogenic effects of the ring and patch.
- 600 women per year will develop a Deep Vein Thrombosis (blood clot in leg) related to the increased estrogenic effects of these 3rd generation hormones. DVT has a 6% mortality rate.
Bottom Line - 7.2 women out of 100,000 will die each year due to a blood clot related event that is linked to the increased estrogenic effects of the 3rd generation hormones used in these drugs. That's 73 deaths per across the 1,000,000 users in the U.S. each year.
4th Generation Hormone - Pill
- 2,000,000 women use 4th generation hormonal contraceptives - (Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz, Gianvi, Loryna,Nikki, Ocella, Safral,Syeda,Zarah).
- 2,100 of these women (9-12 per 10,000 users) per year will develop a blood clot related to the increased estrogenic effects of the 4th general hormone.
- 1,400 of these women (9-12 per 10,000 users) will develop a Deep Vein Thrombosis (blood clot in the leg) related to the increased estrogenic effects of the 4th generation hormone. DVT has a 6% mortality rate.
- 700 of these women will develop a Pulmonary Embolism which has a 12% mortality rate.
Bottom Line - 8.4 women out of 100,000 will die each year due to a blood clot related event that is linked to the increased estrogenic effects of the 4th generation hormones used in these drugs. That's 168 deaths per year over 2,000,000 users in the U.S. each year.
“We found that contraceptive pills are generally more dangerous than previously believed, and that the difference between the second, and the third and fourth generation, is somewhat larger than we had thought,” Professor Oejvind Lidegaard of Copenhagen University Hospital, leader of one of the BMJ studies, told LifeSiteNews.com.
http://www.drugwatch.com/2013/09/20/birth-control-pills-blood-clot-risk/
http://www.drugwatch.com/2013/09/20/birth-control-pills-blood-clot-risk/
Which Generation Birth Control Are You Using?
Brand Name to Drug Chemical Name Cross Reference
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- A women is 20 times more likely to get pregnant if she uses Pills, Patch or Ring than if she uses an IUD or Implant.
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