Women’s Health Series: Side Effects of Hormone Pills
In my previous blog post on hormone pills, IUD and IVF, I have mentioned how hormone pills actually suppress women bodies’ connection with their inner intuitive wisdom. That is just the tip of an iceberg of what hormone pills can do to women’s bodies.
Today, hormone pills are revered as the go-to solution for seemingly all women’s health issues. From irregular periods to infertility, even from gynaecological issues to psychological conditions, hormone pills in current medical arena now despicably assumed ‘the magic pill’ title for almost all health problem resolutions especially for women. This happens not without the push factor from pharmaceutical companies deceitful marketing, but also the pull factors from human’s greed in gaining revenues in billions for such brainless cookie cutter business model and human’s sloth in always seeking the easy shortcut pill-popping way out for complicated problems.
As such, the society and the medical world have currently been successfully wired into this magic pill standard of procedure when comes to dealing with women’s health problems. You have PCOS, take this hormone pill. You have endometriosis, this hormone pill will do the trick. You have thyroid issues, take hormone pill. You have depression, take hormone pill. You have any problem, take hormone pill.
It is so much so that we keep taking them, naively thinking they ‘heal the problem’ that we carelessly dismiss the new problems that the pills create. Only to approach the doctors again and get more fancy magic pills to ‘cure’ other health problems that strangely enough seem to arise more and more, one after another. As a matter of fact, many of the pills actually worsen or intensify the core health concern that you first came to seek help for. Here are some examples:
Yasmin
Birth control pill that contains the hormones ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone for pregnancy prevention.
Actual Side Effects
Nausea, indigestion —> weight gain
Poor circulation, blood clots, breasts lumps
Severe abdominal pain
Claimed Benefits
Improve bloating & reduce water retention
Reduce heavy periods and cysts
Reduce period pain
Yaz
Birth control pill that contains the hormones ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone. It's also used to treat acne and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
Actual Side Effects
Depression, nausea, headache, mood swings, weight gain
Acne formation due to depression and mood swings and high cortisol stress hormones in body
Gallbladder disease
High Blood Pressure
Increased risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack
Serious eye symptoms —> depression and anxiety
Serious heart symptoms —> depression and anxiety
Claimed Benefits
Treats PMDD symptoms like anxiety, depression, irritability, and weight gain
Treats acne
The list can go on but the pattern is the same.
Are you not blinded?
Read more on Women’s Health: How Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture treat Infertility, Premenstrual Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Endometriosis, Fibroids, Recurrent Miscarriages, Irregular Period, Menopause, Menopause and Adrenal Fatigue, Menopausal Hot Flashes, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Breast Cancer, Breast Pain, Is Menopause a Suffering here.
Further Reading:
Everything you need to know about Acupuncture
TCM Explains and Heals Weird Habits that are Actual Signs of Mental Illnesses
Why Emotional Release is Important
Hormone Imbalance in Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Hidden Signs of Hormone Imbalance
Hormone Imbalanced Skin and How TCM and Acupuncture can Help Hormone Balance
Are you ashamed of having menses?
What should you not do before Acupuncture?
Testimonial for Digestive Health Bloatedness
Testimonial for Chronic Fatigue
Adrenal Fatigue and How It Can Be Treated
Is Chocolate Really Good as a Positive Emotional Builder?
How Acupuncture Help with Fatigue
Facial Acupuncture - How to differentiate the real deal from the fakers
Women’s Health: It is not normal to have cysts and fibroids
Women’s Health: Hormone Pills, IUD, IVF
