Doctors in Australia have been instructed not to prescribe Microgynon 50, a contraceptive pill that is said to have an “unacceptably high” risk of dangerous blood clots. Because it contains more synthetic estrogen than other birth control pills, it is said to have a higher risk, and therefore, the not-for-profit group Therapeutic Guidelines, which promotes … Continue reading Australian doctors instructed not to prescribe hormonal birth control with ‘unacceptably high risks’