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Bookmark or Share- Menopause treatment - Office on Women's HealthLow-dose hormonal birth control may help if you are in the years leading up to your final period. These may help stop or reduce hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and mood swings. They can also help with heavy or irregular periods. You should not use hormonal birth control if you smoke.
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) - Office on Women's HealthBirth control pills. The FDA has approved a birth control pill containing drospirenone (droh-SPIR-uh-nohn) and ethinyl estradiol (ETH-uh-nil es-truh-DEYE-ohl), to treat PMDD. Over-the-counter pain relievers may help relieve physical symptoms, such as cramps, joint pain, headaches, backaches, and breast tenderness.
- Biden-Harris Administration Proposes New Rules to Expand Access to ...To date, millions of women have benefited from this coverage. Today’s rule proposes to expand and strengthen access to this coverage so that all women who need or want birth control are able to obtain it. The action is the latest effort by the Biden-Harris Administration to bolster access to birth control at no cost. Read More
- Uterine fibroids - Office on Women's HealthLow-dose birth control pills do not make fibroids grow and can help control heavy bleeding. The same is true of progesterone-like injections (e.g., Depo-Provera®). An IUD (intrauterine device) called Mirena® contains a small amount of progesterone-like medication, which can be used to control heavy bleeding as well as for birth control.
- Trying to conceive - Office on Women's HealthYou are younger than 35 and have not been able to conceive after one year of frequent sex without birth control. You are age 35 or older and have not been able to conceive after six months of frequent sex without birth control. You believe you or your partner might have fertility problems in the future (even before you begin trying to get ...
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