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Blood clots are a big deal. While they are not usually fatal for young women in particular, life-as-you-know-it is still guaranteed to change. 32-year-old Diana first experienced blood clot symptoms in 2022 during the national rowing championship. She was later diagnosed with and hospitalized for life-threatening pulmonary emboli, a blood clot in each lung. Thankfully, she was eventually able to return to rowing. Still, as she summed up<\/a> \u201cthere are some physical consequences but fear and doubt are the most difficult to overcome. It has been hard.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many women don\u2019t know that medicines they take regularly or even every day can increase their blood clot risk. If you\u2019ve ever pulled a muscle, experienced a migraine, or sprained an ankle, you\u2019ve likely taken a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) like Advil or Aleve to help with the pain. Women may also take Midol (which contains the NSAID Naproxen) monthly for period cramps or PMS symptoms. These common pain relievers can be a real help in a pinch when experiencing pain, but if you\u2019re also on hormonal birth control, you may have just significantly increased your odds of experiencing a blood clot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isn\u2019t blood supposed to clot?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Blood naturally clots or clumps or congeals in response to an injury, like when someone cuts their finger. Red blood cells and platelets plus specific clotting proteins build up and allow the area to stop actively bleeding in order to heal. This process is critical to human health, but sometimes blood clots without a good cause. When blood pools in a vein and causes a clot, it\u2019s called a venous clot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venous clots most often form in the deep veins of the leg (this is called a deep vein thrombosis or DVT). If a portion of a DVT breaks off, it can travel to other veins or arteries, causing blockage to major organs. The clot most often will travel to the lung; this is called a pulmonary embolism. A clot in the brain causes a stroke. A clot in the heart causes a heart attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the beneficial clotting process that happens when we have a cut, these occurrences can be life threatening or permanently damaging to a person\u2019s health. Even if, as in Diana’s case above, the clot isn\u2019t fatal, it can cause lifelong consequences<\/a>, including serious handicap or lifelong negative effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symptoms of a blood clot<\/a> may include fast heartbeat, leg swelling, pain or difficulty breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birth control increases blood clot risk, as does NSAID use<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hormonal birth control increases a woman\u2019s risk<\/a> of experiencing a blood clot. There are many tragic stories like those of Alexandra Williams<\/a> or Alex Rowan<\/a>, two healthy young women who unexpectedly died from birth control-induced blood clots. It\u2019s also known that NSAIDS increase a person\u2019s risk of blood clots [1]. None of this information is new, and both risks are reported to be relatively low. But a new study suggests that when women take birth control and NSAIDs together, the risk doesn\u2019t just add up\u2014it compounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how much does blood clot risk increase when women take both <\/em>birth control and<\/em> NSAIDs?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark reviewed medical records of more than 2 million women of reproductive years (ages 15-49) across a 20 year time span [2]. They looked at women who had never had a blood clot before and were considered at low-risk or no-risk . The study explored what the likelihood would be for these low-risk to no-risk women when taking birth control and using NSAIDs for one week (the estimated time to consume 30 NSAID pills, since the majority of the time women received just one package of 30 pills).The results were surprising!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s exactly how much birth control use increased blood clot risk in women on NSAIDs<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While researchers knew that both caused a degree of increase in risk, the study revealed exactly how much that risk of blood clots increased when using NSAIDS and birth control. The results weren\u2019t simply a 2+4=6 equation. NSAID use combined with birth control use synergistically multiplied blood clot risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the stats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n