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Birth control and blood glucose levels

Injectable and oral birth control levels do not significantly affect a woman's fasting glucose and insulin levels.

Birth control and blood glucose levels

Injectable and oral birth control do not significantly affect a woman's fasting glucose and insulin levels.

Previous studies have been limited in scope and offered conflicting results, which led physicians to question whether hormonal contraception could lead to diabetes.

Researchers measured fasting glucose and insulin levels among women using oral (desogestrel), injectable (DMPA), and non-hormonal (bilateral tubal ligation, condom, or abstinence) methods. It was found that women using DMPA experienced slight increases in glucose and insulin levels. Their glucose levels increased steadily during the first 30 months of using DMPA, with the greatest increase occurring during the first six months. These increases, however, were not large enough to cause concern.

Further studies are however needed to determine how women with diabetes are affected by DMPA and oral contraception, but these results are reassuring for non-diabetic women already receiving the shot or on the pill.
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