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 ...

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 ...