While many want to focus only suppressing the science of the immediate effects of steroids on the body (bone loss, nutrient leeching, blood clots), the long term effects to a woman's health are now becoming clearer year by year. Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the US. Breast cancer is not far behind. The pill causes both.
"Women who are taking oral contraceptives, particularly smokers, are known to be at increased risk of blood clots. But that's a short-term risk that dissipates once they go off the pill, he says. In contrast, plaque deposits that raise the risk of heart attacks, stroke, and peripheral artery disease continue to build up for decades after a woman stops taking the pill"
"women who have used oral contraceptives for some time appear to be at increased risk of atherosclerosis in the carotid and femoral arteries. They also found that those taking the pill had three times higher C-reactive protein (CRP) levels than those notusing it."
What does the University of Virginia Health System do to warn their women about these risks?
Nothing.
That's bad for business.
Although they mention clotting and stroke in their risks assesment of the steroids they sell, they even try to pass that off as minimal by comparing it to car accidents - but ignore the long term risks.
They do not mention the any of the significant damage that can continue many years afterward. See for yourself here.
