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A 16-year-old female asked:
What do i do when birth control pill causes decrease in libido? is there a way to prevent decrease in sex drive while taking the pill?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Decreased libido: Please talk to your prescribing doctor as a different oral contraceptive can be tried to eliminate this side effect.
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
IUD: You may switch to a non-hormonal birth control, like IUD.
Have a healthy diet, exercise 30 minutes/day, drink plenty of water, have safe sex, no tobacco alcohol weed or street drugs. For nutrition: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/.
Get HPV vaccine. Wish you good health!
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there are other reasonably reliable methods of birth control: diaphragm with spermacides, IUD if you've been pregnant before; Talk to your GYN for options
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