In addition to being a time-tested contraceptive, the combined oral pill relieves period pains, regularises the menses and prevents pelvic infections, writes DR BRIGID MONDA
The use of the Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill started in the late 1950s and for the first time, women had a reversible method of contraception completely separated from sex which also permitted the woman herself to decide whether and how to control her own fertility.