Pros And Cons Of Birth Control Shot | HealthInfi

Various contraception methods can be used to prevent pregnancy. When choosing birth control option, take into account a few factors such as effectiveness, safety, ease of use and price.

An important factor, which is often overlooked when choosing a contraceptive, is to maintain a normal psychology and physiology of sexual intercourse. By choosing one of the many birth control methods, it is necessary to evaluate its pros and cons and to make sure that this method will not become a reason for deterioration of relations with the sexual partner.

Birth control method can be considered the optimal only if its pros exceed the potential cons in significance. There are no universal criteria for choosing the optimal method of contraception. Therefore, birth control method should be selected individually for each woman.

It is impossible to compare the pros and cons of absolutely all available birth control methods in one review. For a comparative analysis of dozens of methods to prevent pregnancy, it is required to prepare a few tens of publications.

For a brief review of pros and cons of a birth control, several popular methods of contraception can be combined in two separate groups: hormonal and non-hormonal.

Pros and cons of hormonal methods of birth control

Absolute advantage of hormonal contraceptives is their reliability. 99% of women using hormonal contraceptives can be sure that conceiving a child will happen only after the cessation of hormonal therapy.

Different types of hormonal birth control drugs have their pros and cons. The effectiveness of hormonal contraceptive tablets, injections, implants, vaginal rings is absolutely identical (99%).

To select one of these female hormonal contraceptives, it is necessary to analyze their advantages and disadvantages.

A short duration of contraceptive effect is both plus and minus of birth control pills.

• Disadvantage of oral contraceptives is that just one missed dose is sufficient to a woman could get pregnant after unprotected sexual intercourse.
• This disadvantage is considered the advantage for the women, who want to restore the reproductive function in just 1 day.

It should be noted that hormonal pills can be used not only for scheduled, but also for emergency contraception.

• Pros of birth control pills for emergency contraception are that they are able to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse.

• Cons of oral pills for emergency contraception are that their efficiency is much lower than that of birth control pills that need to be taken regularly.Read More