
The oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is the most-used pharmaceutical drug worldwide with most women routinely prescribed it at some point in their life. Many young women are being prescribed the pill to ‘sort out’ a wide variety of health issues including acne, endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome.
The truth is, the pill isn’t necessarily the long-term solution to these problems and most likely, does not address the real issue.