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Is It Safe to Be on Birth Control to Regulate My Period?

Is It Safe to Be on Birth Control to Regulate My Period? (0:28)

Watch as Dr. Ellen Rome discusses the safety of taking birth control pills to regulate a teen's period if the teen is not sexually active.

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Many girls are on a birth control pill, who are not having sex. It's actually one of the best treatments for regulating periods, getting rid of cramps, treating menstrual migraines and fixing acne. So if you choose to go on a birth control pill, it is safe, it will not harm your future fertility and in fact we actually see many girls who go on birth control pill who are choosing not to have sex at all.

So going on the pill will not make you have more sex.