pills and was denied because of health risks. I got pregnant. Yes, my fault.......However, isn't it my choice ,above all, to be allowed to make the decesion to use the pill?
2007-07-23 12:35:06 · 9 answers · asked by Scarlett 4 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Doctors have a duty to their patients to see that they do no harm. Your chance of having a life-threatening blood clot without the pill is 1 in 100 because you smoke and are over 35. On the pill it would be 8 in 100. That's a huge increase in the risk - so much so that they will not prescibe it to you because doing so would mean that they are giving you an almost 1 in 10 chance of a potentially fatal blood clot.
Would you be able to give 12 women a drug knowing that one of them will die because you gave it to them?
2007-07-23 12:47:29 · answer #1 · answered by Seraphim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doctor was right to deny you birth control pills--if you read the package inserts of any package of BC pills, they all say the risk of blood clots increases when you're over 35 and a smoker. I would wager that applies to any hormonal birth control, so the Nuvaring would have been out as well. Hell, I don't smoke, but I stopped hormonal BC at the age of 34 because I didn't want the risk.
So you had two choices: stop smoking or find a nonhormonal method of birth control, such as a diaphragm, condoms, an IUD, sterilization, or natural family planning (a.k.a. Vatican roulette). Evidently, you went without birth control, and that's your own damn fault.
2007-07-23 15:49:04 · answer #2 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but the doctor has a right to refuse you the pill for health reasons if he believes the risk is great.. afterall with all the people sueing doctors these days he was protecting himself. Not saying that you would do it but what if you got a clot in the brain while on birth control.. you may have sued the doctor saying that he should not have given it to you knowing the risks..
2007-07-23 12:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by Angel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Your physician is trying to protect your future health. Women who smoke and are over 35 are at increased risk of blood clots if they are on the pill. It is in your best interest to stop smoking and then get on the pill.
2007-07-23 12:57:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it isn't, not in that case where there are such severe risks for women over 35 who smoke to be on the pill. It is a KNOWN dangerous health risk.
It was TOTALLY your responsibility to be on reliable birth control.
2007-07-23 12:57:47 · answer #5 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The health risks are too great. I think your doctor was right. It was to protect you. There are other methods of birth control. Or, you could count this as a bonus baby. (That is what my Mom called me. And I loved it. Our family would not be complete wtihout me.) So, maybe that is what you have. Look at it from a different perspective. Maybe you'll feel better about it. Good luck to you.
2007-07-23 12:53:15 · answer #6 · answered by Shari 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've in no way heard the alcohol caution. I used to be at the tablet for approximately two years and drank like a fish. I in no way had any kind of aspect results because of that. I do understand that the smoking hassle is because of blood clots. I presently smoke, so the doctors would possibly not provide me a scrip for the tablet.
2016-09-05 16:46:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have friends in their early 40's that smoke and take the pill. I think it just depends on the doctor.
2007-07-23 12:41:05 · answer #8 · answered by witchyone8180 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well yes but the dr was only looking out for your best interest. On the label it does say their is a risk if you smoke. There are other contraceptives you can use too. Iud, sponge, etc.....sry if i was not much help:)
2007-07-23 12:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by shyhonney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋