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  2. Why Are So Many Women Quitting Birth Control?

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    After five years with an IUD, I had restarted the pill about four months before the wedding. My gynecologist had assured me that any physical changes from the different hormones would be minimal.

  3. Menopause: 6 surprising symptoms you didn't know about - AOL

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    "Menopause is when you go 12 months consecutively without a period, which means without the use of medications, like birth control, that prevent your period from coming each month," Tang tells Yahoo.

  4. Finally reached menopause? Here's what to expect next - AOL

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    As for symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats, those tend to improve within a couple of years of going into menopause, she says. So you shouldn't be experiencing those when you're 90 years old ...

  5. Menopause - Wikipedia

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    Menopause is the opposite of menarche, the time when periods start. [12] In the years before menopause, a woman's periods typically become irregular, [13] [14] which means that periods may be longer or shorter in duration, or be lighter or heavier in the amount of flow. [13]

  6. Menstrual suppression - Wikipedia

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    When the first birth control pill was being developed, the researchers were aware that they could use the contraceptive to space menstrual periods up to 90 days apart, but they settled on a 28-day cycle that would mimic a natural menstrual cycle and produce monthly periods. The intention behind this decision was the hope of the inventor, John ...

  7. Medroxyprogesterone acetate - Wikipedia

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    MPA is the most widely used progestin in menopausal hormone therapy and in progestogen-only birth control. [17] [18] DMPA is approved for use as a form of long-acting birth control in more than 100 countries. [19] [20] In 2022, it was the 276th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 800,000 prescriptions. [21] [22]