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What birth control is less likely to make you gain weight?
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Depo Provera (medroxyprogesterone): In certain individuals can cause significant wt gain.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Condoms/copper IUD: You may gain weight at any time for other reasons. But condoms and the copper IUD are forms of BC that do not involve artificial hormones that influence weight gain in some.
Answered 12/22/2017
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