I read that you shouldn’t take birth control pills if your blood clots too easy. What other things prevent you from taking birth control pills?

The absolute contraindications for Oral Contraceptive Pills (OCPs) – these people should NEVER take OCPs – are:

  1. History of abnormal blood clots or stroke
  2. Active liver disease
  3. History of estrogen-dependant tumor
  4. Pregnancy
  5. Abnormal uterine bleeding
  6. Heavy smokers older than 35
  7. High Triglycerides

The relative contraindactions for OCPs (these people shouldn’t take OCPs unless necessary):

  1. Migraine headaches
  2. Poorly controlled hypertension
  3. Epilepsy drugs