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A member asked:

Does rescofer blood tonic with ginseng affect birth control and how soon after starting yaz birth control am i protected?

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Generally, : no effect on contraceptive. Depending on timing of the start of pill pack, starting with 1st day cycle gives immediate protection, any other start time may need 2 weeks to be effective.

Answered 2/16/2020

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Outer hairs on left eyebrow are falling out. Clear thyroid blood testing (not sure if full panel), PCOS sufferer, just started Yaz birth control to treat PCOS. Should I get more thyroid tests? Could PCOS cause this? Will Yaz help grow my hair back?

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