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Re: When is the right time to stop taking birth control pills?
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:10:29 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 10 Oct 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I have been taking birth control pills without interruption since 1996,
>my mother died of ovarian cancer and all of the HRT news lately has
>really made me wonder if I should continue to take BCP. Is there a time
>limit that makes them dangerous to my health or more susceptible to
>getting gynecological cancers?

You can still taking them.

-- Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol Buenos Aires Argentina
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