The Pill, the Patch, and Your Sleep: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Hormonal Contraceptives and Sleep Health
A newly published systematic review in Sleep Medicine Reviews — one of the most prestigious journals in the field — has brought into focus something that has been quietly under-researched for decades: hormonal contraceptives, one of the most widely-used medications in the world, appear to meaningfully influence how women sleep. And yet, most women have never been told this, and most healthcare providers haven’t been trained to ask. This post is about changing that conversation.