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Birth control pills

Some kinds of combination estrogen-progestin birth control pills change the secretions of the cervix, making them scanty and thicker. For some women, this reduced contribution of the cervix to V moisture can be a noticeable change. The influence of the pill on cervical secretions depends on the type of progestin, and the balance between the progestin and estrogen. If you are on the pill and dryness is a problem, talk with your clinician. A different pill in which estrogen is a little more dominant than progestin may help. If you are going to go off the pill because of a dryness problem, be careful to plan another method of birth control.