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I am starting to take Yasmin (bc). I was told it increases chance of blood clots, as does cigarettes, so no smoking while taking this birth control. I was wondering what it was in cigarettes that causes blood clots chance to rise (ex nicotine?), and if it’s okay if I can smoke marijuana? Will smoking marijuana and taking birth control increase my risks of blood clot, or are those two not correlated?
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Dr. Manju Kumari
Obstetrician
32 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Marijuana contains one chemical that increases blood pressure and same action oral contraceptive pill . That'why we are advising not to take both chances of high BP and blood clots.
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