Quote Originally Posted by pandorasbox
Yes. I don't recall saying otherwise...?

But you won't get one from marijuana anyway, 40 years old or not. Cigarette smoke (nicotine is the culprit) is the only kind of smoke (that is commonly smoked) that increases the risk of DVT.
Hiya, Pandora! You'll think this is interesting. There's a team of researchers and physicians in Dallas at Southwestern Medical Center currently finishing a five-year study related to marijuana use and birth control, and they've found an increased risk of DVTs in the weed-smokers on oral contraceptives. They know this goes against the current thinking that there's only increased risk from nicotine/cigarettes, but they've established a link between weed-smoking and increased coagulation that puts weed smokers at some greater risk--and apparently puts even non-Pill-users at higher risk of DVTs or clots of other kinds. They're in the process of writing these findings now, and i think the study'll be published next year.

The Pill being as reliable as it is when used correctly, I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be just as easy to put smoking Pill users routinely on some simple anti-platelet or anti-coagulant therapy routinely to help eliminate those risks, but I suppose no one wants the risk of childbearing-age women getting accidentally pregnant while on potentially teratogenic meds.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . 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