His and Her Health

Hi All! I am a 24 year old virgin and am considering sleeping with my current boyfriend. While I have considered this in the past (and therefore looked into the pill), I still have some unanswered questions. Anyone who has knowledge about this, please please please advise!

1- Does the pill increase a woman's risk of any illnessed/diseases, long or short term? (breast cancer, other cancers, difficulty getting pregnant later in life, heart disease, etc.)

2- Does the pill have any drug interactions? (particularly Prozac or Protonix, or any herbs or multivitamin ingredients)

3- How effective is the pill? (percentages)

4- What pills work best?

5- How do you get off the pill? Any pain/ withdrawl? Any difficulty getting pregnant afterwards?

6- What symptoms might I expect to feel when I begin using the pill? Are symptoms brand-specific?

7- Anything else you think I should know before starting use of these hormones?

Thanks to everyone who replies! If there are any doctors responding, please let me know so that I know that your advise is coming from practice and not just experience. I'd love to hear from everyone.

1-Yes, but there are risks to any medication.

2-Don't know. Talk to your GYN. If you don't have one have a friend reccommed one.

3-99% petty damn effective

4-Different people different pill. And if you get one that doesn't agree with you your dr can change it.

5-No pain, just menstrual bleeding. And you will get pregnant if you stop.

6-take it before bed and you probably won't feel any different.

7-you may gain 3-5 pounds, but you can control when and hows often you get your period. How cool is that?

And one more thing. EVERYTHING CHANGES WHEN YOU BECOME SEXUALLY ACTIVE.

Dr. Goldstein,

Any advice in this area? Please send it this way, as a professional's opinion would be great to hear, even if just general opinions.