Worsening of attacks outside the perimenstrual period, if not of great extent, may spontaneously regress in the first 6 months of COC use and not require any particular dose adjustment ...

Study authors examined the relationship between the use of combined oral contraceptives and the onset of hidradenitis suppurativa.

They also thicken cervical mucus, but this is more of a back-up contraceptive effect. “All POPs are taken continuously with no seven-day break.” “You can get both COC or POP from your GP ...

Past history of migraine with aura at any age * 3 * Conditions added to WHO-MEC 2004 by the Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care in its UK-MEC 2005/2006[20]. ‡ UKMEC consider ...