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Oral Contraceptives Containing Only
Oral contraceptives containing only a progestogen have had a chequered career. In 1965 trials in Latin America showed that very small amounts of a progestogen, chlormadinone acetate, when given without any added oestrogen had a strong antifertility effect. Not all progestogens are suitable for use alone. Indeed with norethynodrel, the progestogen most commonly used in the late 1960s, the amount...
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Folate is a generic term for a water-soluble B-complex vitamin which plays an important role in protein synthesis and metabolism and other processes related to cell multiplication and tissue growth. Pregnant and lactating women are at increased risk of folic acid deficiency because generally their dietary folate is insufficient to meet their physiological requirements and the metabolic demands ...
متن کاملDifference between drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives and other oral contraceptives related to risk of venous thromboembolism.
We wish to comment on the Dinger and Shapiro commentary article published in the January 2012 issue of this Journal.1 Following the publication of papers regarding the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) with combined oral contraceptives (COCs) we would like to share some information regarding comparison between drospirenonecontaining COCs and other COCs in Croatia. This short study was conduc...
متن کاملRisk of nonfatal venous thromboembolism with oral contraceptives containing norgestimate or desogestrel compared with oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel.
CONTEXT Previous studies have reported that users of the "third-generation" oral contraceptives (OCs) containing the progestins gestodene and desogestrel have about twice the risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to users of older OCs containing levonorgestrel. Estimates of the risk for VTE among users of norgestimate-containing OCs compared to other OCs, however, are lacking. OBJECT...
متن کاملOral contraceptives and non-contraceptive oestrogens in the risk of gallstone disease requiring surgery.
STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate the relationship between oral contraceptives, non-contraceptive oestrogens, and the risk of gallstone disease requiring surgery. DESIGN This was a hospital based case-control study carried out between 1987 and 1990. Main outcome measures were frequency of consumption of oral contraceptives and non-contraceptive oestrogens, and the corresponding multi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5685.744