How doctors can help demystify birth control amid online confusion

Concerns about birth control side effects reveal patient and provider disconnect

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Person-centered contraceptive counseling focuses on the patient's preferences and priorities. Those may include being able to stop a method at any time or wanting to avoid side effects.

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A young woman in a TikTok video unfolds a drug information package insert, revealing a paper large enough to cover her curled up body.