Crohn's Disease and Birth Control?

I am a 16 year old girl who is thinking about going on the pill to help regulate me. i was diagnosed with Crohn's a year ago and Remicaid is working well and i have not had a flair since September. I was just wondering if there are any risks? Thank you!

Here's one link regarding crohn's and birth control pills...you can do a google seardh and find many more...

http://www.crohns.org.uk/Docs/5/The%20oral%20contraceptive%20pill%20and%20Inflammatory%20Bowel%20Disease.html

If this link doesn't work then you'll have to copy and paste it into your search engine.

I had thought about it for some time before I di it you hear risks so instead of going on the Depo shot (that stays with you approx 3months if I rememeber) they wanted me to try the pill therefore if it caused issues it can be stopped. I have had no issies with the pill. I started initally with the lowest dose available and it worked great lessened bleeding etc (and since I was getting married I wanted to go onto it and did about a week after I got married). I had a flare a ways down the road and was palced on the medrol dose pack (the 6 days of pred all measured out on the little blister pack...well after that I began getting my period every other week so they changed me to Loestrin and instead of sugar pills on my off week it is iron.

Since then the script has stayed the same although now with generics etc I am on Junel and it works well granted after my Cd surgeries now I barely bleed whiel on the pill I thougth somthing was wrong at 1 point so I stopped for a month and it was there full fledged however not as heavy as it use to be pre-pill. I use to have heavy cycles and they would last a min of 7 days more so towards 8 or 9 and I would go through supplies lots each month like a run to costco covred 1 month supply it was really bad ..now I think 2 boxes have lasted um going on 2 years now I have it for like 1 - 3 days now and light and no CD related issues

I know that with some of us, having our monthlies, makes our crohn's worse(I'm going to for my exam on Thursday so I can only have my menses once/3months)...I've been on BCP since well, forever (alas, it seems longer than you've been here probably 20 years or so, dang now I feel old)...

Anyway...you probably want to discuss this with your doctor...but it HAS helped, and a low dose estrogren might help too (that's what I do...I was kinda sensitive to the higher levels in other BCP, and loved it when Loestrin came out)...

I've been on birth control pill for over 20 years with no problems. For the past few years I have been taking Seasonique so I only get a period 4 times a year.

I never thought BC would have anything to do with CD. I'm on seasonique, but skip the inactive weeks so I haven't had a period in 2 years. I'm already at a higher risk for blood clots, being on BC and smoking.

Hi, I was on a pill for 10 years before I got diagnosed, no problems. Got diagnosed in my first pregnancy. Was on a pill again for 2 years between pregnancies, no problems.

There could be a problem with your body absorbing the hormones if taken orally because of our disease, but you could try another form of contraception- a patch or Nuvaring. I wouldn´t recommend Depo shot (although I have no personal experience with it), I know of women who had problems starting their period again after stopping Depo Provera.

I was on the pill for about 3 months back in college. It made me crazy (from the hormones) and my Crohn's acted up really bad with cramping and D for a few days after I'd start a new week of hormones.

I finally gave up and just suffer through the periods...