Exploring Opill: The First Over-the-Counter Daily Oral Birth Control Pill with Dr. Carrie Jones

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Alternative Health, Medicine, 810564, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode with Dr. Carrie Jones, you’ll hear us take a deep dive on: 1. What is Opill? 2. Who can and who can't take it? 3. Opill's benefits and side effects 4. The impact of Opill on birth control 5. Birth control education for teens 6. Gut health and birth control pill effectiveness Dr. Carrie Jones is a highly regarded naturopathic physician esteemed for her exceptional achievements in functional and integrative medicine. She holds the Chief Medical Officer position at NuEthix Formulations and Head of Medical Education at Metabolic Mentor University. With over seventeen years of expertise, Dr. Jones has become a recognized authority in naturopathic endocrinology, earning board certification in this specialized area. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

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0:00.0	today on the root cause medicine podcast the birth control pill in general any birth control pill
0:06.0	depletes a lot of vitamins minerals or nutrients in our body it's like a multivitamins worth it's like
0:11.1	most all the b vitamins most all of your minerals so if you pick up the brick control pill or you're
0:17.9	on it right now of any kind and you're not on some sort of multivitamin or be
0:22.6	complex or something it is something to consider talk to your pharmacist about when you go get that
0:27.9	refill talk to your practitioner when you go back in like hey you know what i've heard the pill
0:33.1	can deplete a lot of things is that true and should i be on a multi because it's very true they put
0:36.9	it in their white paper publishing stuff and it's just that information doesn't always get told.
0:43.0	Well, hello there. I'm Dr. Kate Henry, and today we're bringing you a special episode. In a moment,
0:48.7	Dr. Kerry Jones will be joining me to talk about a major update in U.S. healthcare. In case you
0:53.9	hadn't heard, a few days ago,
0:55.6	the FDA approved the first ever over-the-counter birth control pill, which will be available
1:00.4	nationwide in 2024. That's right. You heard that right. The over-the-counter birth control
1:06.3	pill is coming to grocery stores and pharmacies near you and you will not need a prescription
1:10.2	to get it.
1:13.1	But what does that mean for you and your loved ones?
1:16.8	Who can take the O pill safely, and who definitely shouldn't?
1:19.2	What are the risks and what are the benefits?
1:22.2	What's the one thing someone could do by accident that might make this form of birth control completely ineffective?
1:25.8	We cover this and more on today's episode. We're also
1:29.1	going to arm you with the information you'll need to feel comfortable talking about the O-Pill
1:33.3	with your kids and teens. Look, they're likely to run into this information on their own through the
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