For the Ladies. Help!! Pot and Birth Control

[cuziwashigh420]

So I need to get on the Pill and I noticed that it said not to smoke while using Birth control. Does the risks that smoking increases when on it the same as cigarettes as it is pot or does it only pertain to ciggs??? What should I do? is it a big deal to smoke and take it or are they jsut making it into a bigger deal then it really is?

cuziwashigh420 Reviewed by cuziwashigh420 on 07-21-2006. For the Ladies. Help!! Pot and Birth Control So I need to get on the Pill and I noticed that it said not to smoke while using Birth control. Does the risks that smoking increases when on it the same as cigarettes as it is pot or does it only pertain to ciggs??? What should I do? is it a big deal to smoke and take it or are they jsut making it into a bigger deal then it really is? Rating: 5

[dryst]

when my girl got on the pill they said no pot...(she doesnt smoke anywayz) if its just6 a scare tactic i dunno but that what they told her...

[OniEhtRedrum781]

i dunno about weed, but i'm pretty sure smoking cigarettes on the pill increases your chance of blood clots and stuff like that...

[MaryJaneScott]

http://studenthealth.oregonstate.edu...p?message=1622

[birdgirl73]

That's a good link MaryJane posted above, and OniEhtRedrum's knew the answer, too. It's not that weed weakens the effectivenes of the Pill; it's that any kind of smoking in combination with the estrogen/progesterone in the Pill puts women at much higher risk of blood clots and strokes.

The Pill in combination with inhaled smoke makes women more likely to develop deep-vein thromboses (blood clots, usually in the legs) that can break loose and travel to the brain, lungs or heart. That's a bad deal when that happens, and it doesn't just happen in older Pill users. I had two friends in college who smoked grass and took the Pill and developed blood clots in their legs. Luckily, neither of them had a stroke and their docs took them off the pill when they developed sore lumps in their legs.

It's just not worth the risk because a stroke is the worst. If you want to smoke, it might be better to see about another form of birth control. Problem is, other most effective hormonal methods like the patch or the implant or the monthly or quarterly injection usually have the same no-smoking prohibition.

[Mick1]

easy solution = vaporize

[lilweedprincess88]

pot smoking shouldn't effect u if ur on birthcontrol..I am on it and i smoke pot and i haven't had ne problems yet so i think u should be fine. I am pretty sure its only ciggs that effects the chemical balance in the pills. Good luck

[mojoke]

i heard that you just gotta take all the pills at once, just take them all and you will be fine.

smoke some ganja! AY YI YAY!

[lilweedprincess88]

Umm take all the pills at once and have a major overload on hormones...DUH u don't do that. You just gotta take all the pills on time each day thats all then it protects against being preggy.... WEED has no effect on birthcontrol whatsoever. If it did i'd be knocked up already several times over. Don't worry about it.

[pandorasbox]

Actually, the carbon by-products from any kind of inhaled smoke cause your liver to make more of a specific kind of enzyme. This enzyme breaks down and inactivates drugs, especially hormones like birth control. Thus, the amount of active birth control in your blood decreases and is less effective. If you still smoke, you might think about asking your doc to switch to a higher-dose birth control.

Only cigarette smoke increases the risk for DVT, not marijuana smoke.

I'm a pharmacist, BTW.