Benefits & Issues with Birth Control | Dr. Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So I don't like progestins . The uh NuvaRing is estrogen plus progestin , but it's released transdermally through the vagina . So given the , the way that um it's delivered to the vagina , the doses are lower than what's taken orally .

Benefits & Issues with Birth Control | Dr. Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

But in terms of some of the risks that I'm about to talk about , we don't know about much of the data . We think that it's similar , there's probably a spectrum of risk and the NuvaRing is a little more towards the middle than you know what I'm talking about with oral contraceptives . Are you ready for that ?

Benefits & Issues with Birth Control | Dr. Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Um Use your imagination folks . So um is the the ring , obviously , it's not oral , it's not oral hormone contraception , but it's hormone based , right ? The ring is releasing estrogen locally as opposed to taking it orally .

Benefits & Issues with Birth Control | Dr. Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So um is the the ring , obviously , it's not oral , it's not oral hormone contraception , but it's hormone based , right ? The ring is releasing estrogen locally as opposed to taking it orally . But would you , would you slot it under what you're about to tell us in terms of the concerns .

Benefits & Issues with Birth Control | Dr. Sara Gottfried & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Let's take the message of your painful periods and figure out , OK , it's your inflammatory tone and we give you some visual oil and Sp MS maybe a little aspirin when you've got your period . Like let's find some other ways to deal with it than to take the oral contraceptive , which you have not received informed consent about because it can trig your clip by up to 20% . Now that usually convinces most people to converse the elevation in sex hormone binding globulin does not seem to go away when you come off the birth control pill .