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Please tell me, could birth control pills increase sex drive?

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Dr. Ronald Buckman answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Yes: Birth control pills contain hormones which can effect the sex drive and can increase or decrease it depending on the exact formulation. The first step, if your sex drive is not what you feel it should be, is to see your doctor and try to find the reason for the problem.

Answered 4/8/2014

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24/F -I am currently on the injection, Naristrate I think, and it seems to be taking my sex drive away, is there any way this is possible. What can I do to increase my sex drive without going on other birth control. ?

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Can birth control effect your sex drive? Is the IUD a better/safer method than the pill? I'm not under any stress and I'm happily married.

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While i was on birth control pills, i lost my sex drive and did faint once. Do any other birth control pills will have the same side effects?

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Im only 19 and this has been going on over a year. I have NO sex drive at all..strange right? And I used to, it just went away! I take birth control pills and have switched to new ones because I thought it was the problem..but no change!

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