Please correct me if I'm wrong, butv isn't the "increased risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke" from that Times article are if you're either using ethinylestradiol or taking it orally rather than transdermal or (whisper it) injecting?

March 02, 2026 - 10:32 UTC

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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7341440/

Uncertain. Some studies show a significant raised rate of thromboembolism with transdermal, others show none.
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Oh, well if the evidence base is poor then we obviously need to ban it /s

Thanks (increased versus cis women or men btw?)
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