IBD and Birth Control Pill

[crohnsinct]

Just read this on an IBD site today:

Listed as one of the things that can make the Birth Control Pill fail...#2 was IBD. Makes sense...I just never thought about it. Guess I can add that to the list of things to discuss with my girls.

If you have inflammatory bowel disease or other digestive disorders.

Bowel conditions like Crohn’s disease and IBD may prevent the body from absorbing any oral medication correctly, including the Pill.

“Anything that interferes with the body’s ability to absorb the hormones or increases the rate at which they are metabolized (broken down) can decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills,” Zite said. Chronic diarrhea can also impede absorption. In fact, the Mayo Clinic says that if you’ve had serious diarrhea or vomiting for two or more days, you should act as though you’ve missed a pill. Zite recommends women with chronic bowel issues choose a non-oral method of contraception.

 

[Christi]

Never knew that its interesting. Im on the injection

 

[teeny5]

Well, this was not true for me. We tried to have children for years with no luck...was on the pill for years, never had any pregnancy scares. When I was flaring badly my cycle stopped all together.

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

When I first got sick, I was having so much d that I was afraid that I was just going to poo my BC pill out without it absorbing, so in a panic I switched from the pill to the nuvaring and have been on that ever since. It's interesting to hear that I was actually right - that I might have had an "oopsie" if I had stayed on the pill. I'm just not a kid person, having a baby is not something that I want at all and it's good to hear that I did make the right decision to come off the pill and switch to a different BC method.