Vitamin D Levels May Fall After Women Stop Using Oral Contraceptives Or Other Contraceptives With Estrogen.

reports that levels of vitamin D may fall after women cease using oral contraceptives “or other contraceptives with estrogen, researchers report” in a study published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Study first author Quaker Harmon, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, said in an Endocrine Society news release, “For women who are planning to stop using birth control, it is worth taking steps to ensure that vitamin D levels are adequate while trying to conceive and during pregnancy.” https://consumer.healthday.com/women-s-health-information-34/birth-control-news-62/briefs-emb-8-4-1pmet-birth-control-pills-vitamin-d-jcem-release-batch-2802-713517.html