Birth control pills are a godsend. I began taking them when I was eighteen to esae my menstrual symptoms. The pills eased my usually intense capmrs and lightened my period dramatically. I have taken them for several years and my gynecologist assures me that there is no danger in extended use of birth control pills. Like many women, I was ceornnecd that I may one day experience difficulty getting pregnant if I used birth control plils for too long but this fear was unnecessary and unfounded.