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| *Women health>>>Pregnancy |
How do so many women blame an ineffective "pill" for their pregnancy when it is 99.9% effective? |
I have known several women who have had unwanted pregnancies while on hormonal contraceptives or using condoms. Are they just idiots using it incorrectly? When they do controlled medical studies, are the pregnancy rates 0? The pill...in CLINICAL studies (i.e., PERFECT circumstances) is about 98% effective (+/- 1%). This means that IF the pill is taken EVERY day, at EXACTLY the same time, and there are no drug interactions, then yes, the pill is VERY effective. But this is where the capacity for human error enters the equation. The pill in REAL, EVERYDAY usage is more around the 94% range (or 6 pregnancies per 100 users per year). The error occurs from using antibiotics and not using backup contraception. Or from taking St. John's Wort (which significantly decreases the efficacy). Or from skipping two or more pills and not using backup contraception. And even though TECHNICALLY you should be able to take the pill without regard to time, taking it at varying times of day can effect the reliability by 1/2 of 1%. So, no. Women are NOT idiots. The pill just has a LOT of things that can cause it to be less effective...including human error. As for condoms, the CLINICAL rates of usage are about 95% efficacy, and REAL LIFE is about 80%. Condoms have an even larger margin for error...not using them consistantly probably accounts for 90% of unplanned pregnancies, but slippage, tearing and faulty manufacturing can be blamed for a fair number of UP's. Source(s): 20+ year contraceptive user...ONE planned pregnancy, ZERO scares. my sister never missed a pill took it on time and she still got pregnant Taking it even a little late can cause allow a pregnancy. However - it isn't the "women" using the condoms. So it wouldn't be them that are the "idiots". It goes both ways. The pill has a perfect-use failure rate of 0.3%, if they got pregnant they aren't using it correctly. Possibly caused by improper dosage. number one.........we are not idiots...i had my last child 18 yrs ago and i was on the pill....lo-overal28...took it every day like i should.and still had my period every month for 3 months. funny thing was i had a dream that i was pregnant..called my mother in law and told her about mmy dream...she said i was preg..i hung up on her...she called me back and said take the test.. i did and i was. had to go through alot of tests...everything was fine. it does happen. In a perfect scientific environment, the pill has a failure rate of .03%. However, people are never in a perfect scientific environment. Being sick, like vomiting and/or diarreah, or an eating disorder like bulimia or laxative abuse can keep the pill from being absorbed because it is either thrown up or eliminated before it is absorbed by your body. In addition, a person's weight also effects the efficacy of the pill. The pill has the lowest amount of hormones ever, (compared with older versions of the pill) which is good because it means less negative side effects like blood clots and crazy mood swings. However, a study recently published that I read said if you are overweight or obese, those low dose hormones are not going to be as efficient for them as someone who weighs 100 or 125 pounds. Talk to your doctor if you are concerned your weight might be an issue and ALWAYS take your pill at the same time. Again because the pill is such a low dose of hormones, your body can not handle time fluctuations and still protect against pregnancy. |
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