Pill + Weight

[Briony]

My mate has been to docs about the pill and she says she cant have it cos shes over-weight and has slightly high blood pressure:confused: Can anyone shed any light on this?!;)

[BumbleBee]

Being overweight on its own won't stop her being able to go on the pill, but being overweight and having high blood pressure most definately will.

[Char_Baby]

family planning clinics are bastards, in march i went and they told me to loose two stone even though i was fine for my height :mad:

bitch was no spring chicken herself

[Char_Baby]

Originally posted by Groovaybaby
:| two stone is quite alot for someone average size to loose in my opinion. They must have there training re done.

i was 9 and a half, i cudnt believe it, i was happy with that! i would have been 7 and a half and looked ill if id listened to her

[Char_Baby]

Originally posted by Groovaybaby
9.5 is nothing!!

well i thought i was ok, cheeky fucking bitch!!!

[BumbleBee]

char_baby, what were her exact words? If she just told you to lose weight and gave no reason whatsoever then you should report her

[girl with sharp teeth]

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[Sparklie]

I'd say that the high blood preassure would be the reason that the doctor isn't keen to put her on the pill rather than the fact that she's overweight

[Briony]

Cheers:)

So what does the doc normally do when you go for pill? Weigh you? Take blood pressure? What sorta questions do they ask you?!

[BumbleBee]

Originally posted by Briony
Cheers:)

So what does the doc normally do when you go for pill? Weigh you? Take blood pressure? What sorta questions do they ask you?!

They should weigh you, because if you are significantly overweight there are some brands of the pill that aren't suitable. In actual fact if your friend is massively overweight then she is likely to have high bloody pressure anyway, and be more suseptible to heart disease so the pill might not be suitable.

They will check your lood pressure too.

GPs should also ask you if you smoke and how much you drink. They might not ask you if you drink but technically they should.

Most GPs assume you're sexually active too without asking, but a careful GP will ask why you want to go on the pill - contraceptive purposes or to regulate periods.

[Char_Baby]

Originally posted by BumbleBee
char_baby, what were her exact words? If she just told you to lose weight and gave no reason whatsoever then you should report her

'you could do with loosing two stone, would you do that for me?'

[BumbleBee]

Originally posted by Char_Baby
'you could do with loosing two stone, would you do that for me?'

How patronising. You need to put in a written complaint to the manager of the family planning clinic. Really, please do!

[ruby_soho]

When i went on the pill the doctor never weighed me but he did take my blood pressure, i have a couple of friends who are quite a bit overweight and one of them also smokes but they were still prescribed the pill for contracptive purposes. Does it vary from one doctors opnion to anothers as to what the requirements are for the pill?

[BumbleBee]

Originally posted by beans
When i went on the pill the doctor never weighed me but he did take my blood pressure, i have a couple of friends who are quite a bit overweight and one of them also smokes but they were still prescribed the pill for contracptive purposes. Does it vary from one doctors opnion to anothers as to what the requirements are for the pill?

No. There aren't any requirements but people with high blood pressure should never be given the contraceptive pill. I am overweight and I still take it but I don't have high bp. It isn't recommended for women who smoke but GPs will still prescribe it and advise the patient to stop smoking.

It is up to an individual GP what they prescribe no matter what it is though. If they didn't feel comfortable prescribing something then they wouldn't. They accept that if something goes wrong because they've prescribed a drug to someone they shouldn't have that they will be held personally responsible.