A WOMAN claims the contraceptive pill left her so “nasty and rude” it destroyed her life.
Katy Russell says it ruined friendships, disrupted her relationship with her boyfriend, and saw her given the nickname ‘Rowdy Russell’.
Despite all of this, doctors failed to realise she was intolerant to the drug, and continued to recommend she take it.
Katy started using contraception as a teenager in a bid to relieve her period symptoms.
While in a relationship in September 2021, she was prescribed the combined pill, which contains two hormones and stops the ovaries releasing an egg each month.
But after she began to experience severe mood swings, outbursts of anger and weight gain that she claims became detrimental to her mental health, she knew something wasn’t right.
At the time, Katy claims doctors told her these symptoms were …