Getting your period can be annoying. But are period delay pills really a solution?
– also known as Norethisterone – and supply them to customers aged 18 and over as part of their walk-in service at the store’s pharmacies is welcome news to many, and I can understand why.
However, once again, it serves as a reminder of how far we still have to go when it comes to developing the best possible contraceptive choices for women.. Norethisterone is a synthetic version of the naturally occurring hormone progesterone and, like the other synthetic hormones in contraception, it can cause breast tenderness, nausea, headaches, low libido and, crucially, ‘disturbances in mood’.
What the NHS likely means by this is mental health side effects which can range from ‘feeling a bit low’ to full-blown depression and anxiety. No two women are the same and so no two women will respond to a pill in the same way.If you’ve ever experienced these potential side effects, you’ll be convinced that they’re real but, if you haven’t, you might be tempted to suggest that women are making them up.
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