Disturbing Side Effects You May Have From Birth Control

Headache, dizziness, breast tenderness

“These side effects seem to go away after you’ve been taking the Pill for a while,” says Hilda Hutcherson, MD, an ob-gyn professor at Columbia University, in New York. If they don’t, switching brands may help.

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