And those are very real side-effects. I'm not saying BC is a magical wonderful thing that has no ill-effects. All drugs do. Hormones affect people differently but it's no excuse to have unprotected sex. As you said, there are many, many methods of BC and some work better than others. Hormones worked well for me because I had heavy periods which I didn't want exacerbated by things like the copper IUD.        3000