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  1. Extended-cycle birth control pills: Is spotting common? - Mayo Clinic

    ... birth control pills than with traditional monthly pill packs. But breakthrough bleeding can happen with any birth control pill, especially during the first ...

  2. Until Past Menopause, Birth Control Necessary to Prevent Unwanted Pregnancy - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Dear Mayo Clinic: I am 44 and would like to discontinue taking birth control pills. Do I need to use another form of contraception if I want to avoid getting ...

  3. Combination birth control pills prevent the ovaries from releasing an egg. They also slow an egg's progress through the fallopian tubes, thicken cervical ...

  4. Depo-Provera (birth control shot) - Mayo Clinic

    It's a birth control shot that has the hormone progestin. A birth control shot is also called a contraceptive injection. People who take Depo-Provera get a shot ...

  5. Levonorgestrel, ethinyl estradiol, and ferrous bisglycinate (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Birth control methods such as having surgery to become sterile or not having sex are more effective than birth control pills. Discuss your options for birth ...

  6. Drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    It is a birth control pill that contains two types of hormones, ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone, and when taken properly, prevents pregnancy. It works by ...

  7. Mayo Clinic Minute: Birth control and perimenopause

    In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Petra Casey talks to reporter Vivien Williams about birth control and when it is appropriate for most healthy women to stop ...

  9. Ethinyl estradiol and ethynodiol diacetate (oral route) - Mayo Clinic

    Birth control methods such as having surgery to become sterile or not having sex are more effective than birth control pills. Discuss your options for birth ...

  10. Hormonal IUD (Mirena) - Mayo Clinic

    Mirena is brand name for a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD). A hormonal IUD is a type of birth control that's placed in the uterus and uses hormones to give ...