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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think many doctors recommend getting off the pill in our forties for health reasons -- blood clotting and the attendant health risks. Have you talked to your doctor?

I got off the pill during a dry spell in my thirties and never went back. Husband and I still use condoms, though it need to talk to my doctor about whether we need to do this anymore since I'm 45 and no longer getting my period.

Best wishes and good luck to you. [/quote]

OP here, My [female] doc suggested I consider staying on in until 52!!! I feel like docs are ultimately in bed with pharm, unfortunately. I see this also when our pediatricians keep suggesting the HPV vaccine for my kids; I'm still very uncomfortable with it and have heard too many negative things.[/quote]

It depends!!! The women in my family all stay on it until menopause.  We have no history of breast cancer.  However, my maternal grandmother died from ovarian cancer at 32.  It appears to be an outlier as no other women have had cancer...sisters, mother, aunts, etc.

The Pill has been shown to be 40% effective in lowering ovarian cancer risk.  I read the new study about breast cancer risk with Pill but it is still very, very low incidence.

I am a 44-year old avid exerciser, healthy eater, etc and every OB, GyN over the years has told me to stay on it and that it will ease Menopause symptoms in the future. It did take me a lot of monkeying around with a Pill that had no side effects.  I love Monophasic Zovia--libido still there, periods light and didn't cause melasma and acne like other brands.[/quote]

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