How to Use oral contraceptive in a Sentence

oral contraceptive

noun
  • Stopping oral contraceptives can sometimes shrink or heal the tumor.
    — Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Is there any risk that PhenQ will interfere with an oral contraceptive?
    — Mark Jackson, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Under the health law, health plans can require a prescription for oral contraceptives.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • After decades of research and numerous failures, there is a new hope for a male oral contraceptive.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The drugs could also interfere with how the body absorbs oral contraceptives.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 8 May 2024
  • Their partners took an oral contraceptive until 3 sperm samples proved the men to be azoospermic.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2014
  • Drug companies looking to bring oral contraceptives over the counter might face a similar fight.
    — Megan Thielking, STAT, 8 June 2018
  • The oral contraceptive is one of the most popular contraception methods used around the world.
    — Eric Cheung, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
  • In fact, some people lose more hair while taking oral contraceptives, while others notice an uptick in hair falling out after coming off the pill.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Despite the uproar, the oral contraceptive cleared the way for women to plan pregnancies around their careers and lifestyles.
    — Steve Marble, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
  • Although there are benefits to using oral contraceptives, there are some risks to be aware of, Jacobson said.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 13 May 2024
  • The daily nonhormonal oral contraceptive is the first of its kind to pass early-phase safety trials in humans.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Taking oral contraceptives or another form of hormonal birth control reduces the risk of cysts.
    — Amanda MacMillan, PEOPLE.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The first oral contraceptive pill was approved by the FDA in 1960.
    — Clare Egan, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The full list of risk factors includes pregnancy, obesity, cancer, and use of oral contraceptives.
    — Lori Keong, SELF, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The approval will allow women to purchase the oral contraceptives over the counter at drug stores, convenience stores, grocery stores, and online.
    — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 13 July 2023
  • The approval provides a new option for people who want to use an oral contraceptive but have difficulty swallowing pills.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 30 July 2024
  • In 1960, oral contraceptives were introduced, paving the way for droves of women to enter the workforce.
    — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 28 June 2018
  • Combined oral contraceptives also may have side effects related to bone density that need to be studied in space, as the authors noted in the new study.
    — Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The supplement can even reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, which could lead to pregnancy.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Free the Pill wanted the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive to be progestin only, a formulation sometimes called the mini pill.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Some doctors will steer women toward oral contraceptives (like the pill or the patch) as a first line of defense against the initial bothersome symptoms of perimenopause.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 14 June 2023
  • With a few exceptions, such as insulin and the Plan B oral contraceptive, there isn’t a behind-the-counter alternative.
    — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The progestin-only oral contraceptive will be available without a prescription at drug stores, convenience stores, and grocery stores across the country.
    — Emily Nadal, Parents, 13 July 2023
  • This approach makes sense, because oral contraceptives are as safe as these and other OTC drugs, and the potential for misuse or abuse is low.
    — Dana Singiser, STAT, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Research suggests women who’ve used oral contraceptives have a 30 to 50% lower risk of ovarian cancer than those who haven’t.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The blister packs should have contained pink capsules with oral contraceptive hormones for the first 24 days, followed by four days of maroon capsules without hormones.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 29 May 2018
  • In a 1970 Senate hearing on the safety of oral contraceptives, every member of the proceedings was a man.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The oral contraceptive pill has long been known to have a similar risk factor – but the assumption had always been that the coil would not increase the risk, because of the lower levels of hormones released.
    — Harriet Marsden, theweek, 28 Oct. 2024
  • In addition to finding that the risk of endometrial and ovarian cancers were lower among women who used the pill, the study found that the longer women were on oral contraceptives, the lower their risk was.
    — Alice Park, Time, 18 Jan. 2018

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