The pill turns 50 today

Hi, newtalent. I am glad to have found out this information. This is a very long time for pills to have been invented. I was on the pill when I was 16 years old. When my aunt was on it, I thought that pills were candy. Like the small sweet tart flavors. But I found out that it was Birth Control pills.

Though I am not personally a huge fan of the pill, I think that the pill has been a great invention. Granted, there are still a lot of unwanted pregnancies in this world, but I think that in the past 50 years there have been far fewer than there were in the past. One thing that I have noticed based on my own observation is that there isn't enough education to individuals about the pill. I was on the pill for about two and a half years after my daughter was born and when I went on another medication due to an injury in my back, the doctors didn't tell me that it would make my birth control not effective. I think that this kind of information should be disclosed to patients.