There have actually been studies that prove taking the pill for a few years can help reduce your risks of certain cancers.
It has also been said (and you find this in your pill packets sometimes) that taking for more than 8 years can increase your rate of cervical/uterine cancers. :(
Ask your doctor, and remember, there are tons of other methods that work just as well out there if your doctor gives your pills a cut-off date.
That's not the question - the question is do you take them every single day the way you're supposed to? If you don't take them every day, they're not going to work because the whole thing depends on regulating your hormones, which is done by one tablet daily.
The two basic schedules are a 21-day schedule and a 28-day schedule
It works for one tme only.
When taken in the proper amounts, following a specific schedule, oral contraceptives are very effective in preventing pregnancy
It is a method of stopping birth by taking medicine through the mouth
Oral contraceptives do not protect against AIDS
Oral contraceptives are available only with a physician's prescription
Oral contraceptives may make some existing cancers worse
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Blood sugar levels may increase slightly when oral contraceptives are used
Oral contraceptives may cause the gums to become tender and swollen or to bleed
Women who are breastfeeding should check with their physicians before using oral contraceptives
One other well-known, noncontraceptive benefit of oral contraceptives is an improvement in acne
Oral contraceptives and other hormonal contraceptives have two main components are Progestin and Estrogen, although there are birth control pills that that contain only Progestin.
According to the CDC, Oral Contraceptives have a failure rate of 9%. Thus meaning their effectiveness is only 91%