07-05-2025
Contraceptive ‘mini pill' linked to asthma attacks in younger women
The progesterone-only contraceptive pill may be linked to a higher risk of potentially life-threatening asthma attacks in younger women, research has suggested.
Researchers from Imperial College London have found that women taking the so-called 'mini pill' had a 39 per cent increased risk of asthma attacks compared with women who had never taken the contraceptive.
The mini-pill is a once-daily contraceptive pill taken by approximately 3.1 million women in Britain each year.
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The research could provide an answer as to why women have a higher rate of severe asthma compared with men, the researchers said.
Chloe Bloom, a clinical senior lecturer in respiratory epidemiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London,
