Sexual & Reproductive Health
Birth control pill could cause long-term problems with testosterone
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 26th, 2006
The results suggest that women who used the oral contraceptive pill may be exposed to long-term problems from low values of "unbound" testosterone potentially leading to continuing sexual, metabolic, and mental health consequences.
SHBG is the protein that binds testosterone, rendering it unavailable for a woman's physiologic needs. The study showed that in women with sexual dysfunction, elevated SHBG in the "oral contraceptive...
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