 [ Symptoms ] will my birth control pill still be effective if i take metformin to lose weight  my obgyn wanted me to look into birth control pills and consider my options i do not want a birth control pill that will make me gain weight or make it difficult for me to lose weight which is why she also suggested adding metformin to a birth control plan i am curious if the metformin is actually effective in assisting in weight loss and if it would in some way cancel out the effectiveness of any birth control i take i want to keep losing weight but do not want to get pregnant either [ Disease ] ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease ibd a category of conditions that causes inflammation in the small intestine andor colon ulcerative colitis strikes only in the colon    its distinguishing characteristic from its cousin crohn is disease with uc inflammation takes place in the lining of the colon causing ulcers to form and resulting in bleeding and diarrhea