Altered haemorheology in oral-contraceptive users.

Ischemic stroke risk in oral contraceptive users.

Contraceptive Users To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Siritho et al on ischemic stroke risk in oral contraceptive users.1 This case-control study seems well conducted, but the conclusion is not consequential to the results obtained. The conclusion of a study is of crucial importance when it deals with the practical implication of the study itself, which, in the case in point, ...

A practice audit of oral contraceptive users.

Measuring compliance among oral contraceptive users.

Irregular use of the pill compromises the effectiveness of this highly reliable method. The consistency of pill-taking has traditionally been estimated through women's own reports of their patterns of pill use. In this study, self-reported data on pill-taking were compared with data from an electronic device measuring compliance among 103 women attending university health services and publicly ...

The risk of serious illness among oral contraceptive users: evidence from the RCGP's oral contraceptive study.

BACKGROUND So far, no-one has attempted to evaluate the overall balance of serious, but not necessarily fatal, disease among a cohort of oral contraceptive users. AIM To emprirically assess the balance of risk of serious illness among a cohort of oral contraceptive users followed up for up to 28 years. METHODS Oral contraceptive-associated serious disease was defined as that which is often ...

Factors predicting mood changes in oral contraceptive pill users

BACKGROUND Over 100 million women worldwide are using oral contraceptives pills (OCP) and mood changes were being as the primary reason for OCP discontinuation. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and predicting factors of mood changes in oral contraceptive pills users. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 500 women aged 15-49 years old using low dose (LD) pills a...