Additionally, part of my role is to address misconceptions people hear about on social media by sharing data on potential side effects and explaining what someone can expect when starting a new birth control.
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Karen Greiner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
These differences may reflect prescriber preferences, inequities in health care or misconceptions among both patients and clinicians about safe dosing.
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