Contraception for the Woman with Diabetes

Abstract

Maria is a 43 -year -old mother of four children with a 21 -year history of Type 2 diabetes and an 8 -year history of hypertension. She has recently started metformin as

Obesity and the combined oral contraceptive pill: efficacy and effects

“…Existing data do not link long-term COC use with cardiometabolic decline [14]. COCs do not hasten development of metabolic syndrome or Type 2 diabetes mellitus, even among high-risk women with a history of gestational diabetes, and have minimal metabolic effects among diabetic women without vascular complications [15]. Evidence suggests that COCs are not associated with weight gain [8].…”