Pill Protect® is an ingenious medical test that uses genetic and clinical data to identify women at risk of developing thrombosis when using contraceptive pills. Combined contraceptive pills, which contain combination of two hormones: an estrogen and a progestogen, remain the most used birth control method in developed countries. They present with numerous advantages, but also have certain risks f
or health. Approximately, one in 1'000 women using combined contraceptive pills develops thrombosis. The risk of developing the disease varies from one woman to another and depends on genetics, certain behavioural risk factors (e.g. smoking, etc), clinical risk factors (such as age, body mass index, presence of other diseases, etc) and a combination of the hormones used. Pill Protect® is the unique tool allowing to measure the risk of thrombosis related to contraceptive pill usage. The test results will help your doctor to take an informed decision and recommend you the most appropriate contraceptive pill or an alternative contraceptive method. This genetic test should be performed only once in a lifetime. It is done upon medical prescription and requires a saliva or blood sample to be taken.
