Women increasingly use dangerous pharmaceuticals to stop natural menstrual cycles

Troublesome cramps, bloating and headaches have spurred some career-driven women to stop their periods indefinitely, so that they can keep up with the boys at work. This phenomenon is made possible thanks to hormones that are intended to be used as contraceptives.

Despite the serious health risks associated with this decision, some ladies are so obsessed with not having periods that they think young girls should be taught during sex education that their periods are optional, and that they don’t have to put up with them.

Published by the Daily Mail, the article Stopping their periods to further their career: These women are defying the laws of nature by using drugs, but at what risk? tells the story of several women who have given up their periods for good and “never looked back.”

Hormone injections cause osteoporosis, cancer, heart disease and infertility

Twenty-nine-year-old Alanna Allen, a tenacious hair salon manager in the UK, hasn’t had her period in seven years – a decision she says has allowed her to be on her A-game at work.

“I’ve not had a period for seven years now, and I’ve never looked back,” says Allen. “The best thing for me is the convenience. When you’re with a client, you want to focus entirely on them.”

The notion that “convenience” is more important than our body’s natural processes is pretty absurd, but Allen insists periods are something women don’t have to tolerate.

“Stopping my periods has allowed me to ‘man up’ and get on with things. I’m not only in charge of my own staff but I oversee the managers of our other salons and I have very little sympathy for any of the young female apprentices who say they are suffering from period pains. There’s no need for any woman to have to put up with that,” says Allen.

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Though Allen isn’t “putting up” with menstrual cycles right now, she may face serious consequences down the road. Women using hormonal contraception to halt their periods are at risk for developing cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis. They may also experience infertility.

Various forms of hormonal contraception can stop a woman’s period depending on how they are used.

“In general, the combined oral contraceptive pill (if used without a break), the Depo-Provera progesterone injection, the progesterone-only pill (taken every day), the contraceptive implant and the hormone coil can all halt bleeding,” the Daily Mail reports.

Even some doctors say you don’t need periods

“There is no ‘need’ for the body to have periods as such. In theory, there’s no reason why you can’t stop your periods indefinitely,” says Dr. Shazia Malik, an OBGYN at the Portland Hospital for Women and Children, who says the desire to eliminate menstrual cycles is on the rise.

“By giving you a constant level of hormones, the Pill doesn’t stimulate the lining of the womb to thicken in readiness for a pregnancy, as would happen in a natural menstrual cycle. So it remains thin. When you then withdraw that hormonal ‘support’ as in the Pill-free week, you get a withdrawal bleed – not a natural period which is the shedding of the womb lining developed in the previous cycle.”

Using the combined oral birth control pill for prolonged periods can affect the time it takes for normal menstrual cycles to return, sometimes causing difficulty for women deciding that they want to have children.

Osteoporosis is an even greater threat with the hormonal injections

“The injection can reduce your bone density, causing bone thinning the longer you use it. We also know that the combined oral contraceptive pill can increase the risk of heart disease too but only in women who have other risk factors such as a family history of early heart attacks, smokers, diabetes or those with high cholesterol or who are very overweight,” Malik said.

Yet, the women featured in the Daily Mail’s article say they’re unconcerned about the risks, and instead are focused on the happiness they receive from no longer having bothersome periods.

Sources:

DailyMail.co.uk