This post aims to briefly explain how Depo Provera works to prevent pregnancy, its common side effects and, most importantly, why and what to do about adverse experiences when stopping it.
Women Fed up with Contraceptive Drugs, Devices and Propaganda
October 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Women need to be calling out Pharma against the contraceptive drugs and devices that are making our lives miserable by affecting our mental/emotional and physical health – including our fertility.
Hormone Imbalance – The Silent Epidemic – Women Speak Out
September 6, 2012 by 6 Comments
This is an insidious ‘War on Women’. On the one hand we have had to fight for our reproductive rights and the availability of birth control – on the other hand it is the same birth control that is slowly killing us.
Birth Control Pills Deplete Vital Nutrients
September 4, 2012 by 4 Comments
Most women are not aware that the birth control pill depletes nutrients. And if a woman is nutritionally depleted or hormone imbalanced to begin with – she will experience anxiety, and other side effects while on the pill.
The Truth About Menstruation is not about Menstrual Suppression
July 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Modern Western women have four times as many periods over a lifetime as our hunter gatherer ancestors and triple the number for women just a hundred years ago. In other words, what seems “natural” now is very different from what our bodies have historically supported or have evolved to support.
Melinda Gates Takes on Birth Control Crusade
May 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
She plans to use the Gates Foundation’s billions to revolutionize contraception worldwide. The Catholic right is pushing back. Is she ready for the political firestorm ahead?
Diabetes Risk Increases with Depo-Provera Use for Obese Women
April 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Depo Provera Withdrawal – A Woman’s Worst Nightmare
April 15, 2012 by 179 Comments
Need proof that women are sometimes desperate for information and support when it comes to quitting hormonal contraception? You need look no further than the 100 plus comments in reply to an old blog posting at Our Bodies Ourselves: Questions About Side Effects of Stopping Contraceptive Injections. The comment stream – a litany of woes concerning women’s discontinuation of Depo-Provera – has been active since Nov. 2, 2009.
MedPage Today Says Days of Free Sex are Back – Spins Study in Infectious Disease News
March 18, 2012 by 2 Comments
Women who use oral contraceptives do not appear to have any increased risk of acquiring HIV, researchers said here. But, depending on the types of statistical analyses employed, there was a 37% increased risk of HIV acquisition with injected hormonal contraceptives, McCoy told MedPage Today during the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
UK Government Pushing Contraceptive Jabs and Implants on Teens
February 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Ministers have ordered council and health chief executives to increase the uptake of “long-acting” contraception in teen pregnancy “hot spots.” The government also wants more school-based clinics to administer the jabs, which can make girls infertile for up to three months.
