In a recent study on lemurs in a Duke University study, birth control is shown to alter the ways lemurs communicate with each other and how they change in the "attractiveness" from one lemur to another. This study found that the birth control, Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), changed the scent the lemurs emitted. The lemurs that were dosed with MPA were shown to have less interaction with male lemurs than females who had no dose of MPA. The scent a female lemur has is not only a sign of fertility, but also acts as an identity for that particular lemur, and birth control is altering the scent so much that lemurs cannot tell if the lemur dosed with MPA is even of their own kind! This study shows that birth control can affect humans in the same sort of way, whether we know it or not.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100727201507.htm
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Honestly I think birth control has a lot of bad side effects. I have known several family members that were on birth control and they really weren't themselves. My brother's fiance was more moody when she was taking birth control then when she wasn't. A good friend of mine was on birth control and it did the opposite affect to her. Instead of keeping her from getting pregnant she was popping baby's out left and right. So honestly it doesn't surprise me if birth control does alter communication between individuals.
ReplyDeleteI can honestly say from my own experiance that birth control does not seem to work. I got pregnant with my son while on birth control. I also know some friends of mine that have had the same problem. On top of the fact that it doesn't seem to do what it promises, there are the side effects of increased risk of cancer and stroke. I have to ask the question, Does the supposed benifits out weight the risks?
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