Nausea when taking contraceptives is one of the most common types of side effects. But not all representatives of the weaker sex associate the beginning of taking this type of medication with the fact that nausea began to bother them at any time of the day.
Additional trouble is added by the fact that vomiting is often added to this symptom. But even without it, with a constant feeling that the stomach is now turning inside out, it is very difficult to follow the usual diet and, in general, life.
In this case, symptoms such as weight loss, deterioration of the skin, depressed mood, and chronic fatigue can be observed.
When should you stop using contraceptives?
In some cases, alarming signs can be traced only in the first day or two, when the body is just rebuilding. Although such a state is an anomaly, if after a few days the general state of health returns to normal, then the adaptation period is considered to be successfully completed. Of course, if there were no other negative manifestations.
To clarify the full list of side effects, you should ask this question in advance at a gynecologist’s appointment, or re-look at the instructions for use.
Often the provocateur that birth control pills cause nausea is the patient’s own inattention. We are talking about attempts to start self-treatment, having read dubious advice on thematic forums. Also, some representatives of the weaker sex violate the regimen by drinking the wrong number of pills, or skipping days in the cycle.
It is believed that a week is enough to understand whether a hormonal drug is suitable for a particular woman, or it is necessary to visit the gynecologist again to ask for something else. Additional “beacons” indicating that the drug is categorically not suitable are concomitant negative manifestations.
They can be not only a headache or an allergic reaction, but also dizziness, a feeling of tightness in the chest.
How to prevent nausea?
Sometimes it will be possible to eliminate the negative manifestation after consultation with the doctor. This applies to situations where nausea is a direct consequence of a violation of the schedule for taking contraceptives, and not an individual intolerance to the components of the drug.
The simplest advice is to switch to another type of oral contraceptive, which would have a small amount of hormones. Contraceptives, which include only 20 micrograms of estrogen, will help to cope with this.
Occasionally, annoying symptoms go away on their own after a few months. But experts recommend not to wait so long, observing your condition, a maximum of two weeks. If there is no improvement, then you will need to abandon this contraceptive.
The most common trick to reduce the risk of nausea is to take a new serving before going to bed, or even in the middle of the night. But here you will first need to clarify whether such a shift is allowed by studying the instructions.
If vomiting occurs immediately after taking the pill, you will have to drink it again to maintain the contraceptive effect of the drug. If this is not possible, it is worth considering that the contraceptive mechanism in this case will be violated.
A final tip includes mandatory pregnancy testing before starting oral contraceptives. It is likely that it is she who provokes nausea, since there is a classic toxicosis at an early stage of fetal development.