OBJECTIVE To estimate real-life effectiveness of oral contraceptive pills by progestogen, length of pill-free interval, and body mass index while focusing on the effect of progestogens with a long half-life and on 24-day oral contraceptive pills regimens. METHODS Outcome data from 52,218 U.S. participants in the International Active Surveillance of Women Taking Oral Contraceptives—a large, pr...

OBJECTIVES To describe contraceptive risk and compensatory behaviour, using condoms or emergency contraception (EC), in young people in education aged 16-24 years. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS A total of 1135 students aged 16-24 years. SETTING Educational establishments in and around London, UK. RESULTS Seventy-six percent of women and 55% of men reported having experienced se...

BACKGROUND The choice of available contraceptive methods has increased in recent years; however, recent data on women's awareness of methods and reasons for their method choice, or reasons for changing methods, is limited. The aim of this study was to examine the use and awareness of contraceptive methods in the USA, UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. METHODS Quantitative survey of heterosexual wo...

OCP: oral contraceptive pill CASE REPORT A 20-year-old woman presented with a 6-year history of recurrent erythematous papules and plaques on the trunk. The eruption recurred cyclically, beginning 5 days before menses and resolving 1 to 2 days after the menstrual period. The lesions were asymptomatic, and there were no associated systemic symptoms. She had not previously sought treatment. Her m...

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...

With such a plethora of birth control options [2], where?s a woman to start?! Yasmin, not to be confused with Yaz, is a low-dose pill approved for use in the U.S. in 2001. This pill is no spring chicken in the birth control world, so fortunately, there?s a good deal of information on its risks and benefits. Known as a ?combination oral contraceptive? because it contains both progestin and estro...

With such a plethora of birth control options [2], where?s a woman to start?! Yasmin, not to be confused with Yaz, is a low-dose pill approved for use in the U.S. in 2001. This pill is no spring chicken in the birth control world, so fortunately, there?s a good deal of information on its risks and benefits. Known as a ?combination oral contraceptive? because it contains both progestin and estro...

Abstract Introduction Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), which are used by over a quarter of reproductive-age women in the United States (Daniels et al., 2015; Jones 2013), contain either both ethinylestradiol and synthetic progestin, or solely progestin. Through progestin-induced hepatic increases sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), OCPs have been found to reduce number bioavailable androgens w...

With such a plethora of birth control options [2], where?s a woman to start?! Yasmin, not to be confused with Yaz, is a low-dose pill approved for use in the U.S. in 2001. This pill is no spring chicken in the birth control world, so fortunately, there?s a good deal of information on its risks and benefits. Known as a ?combination oral contraceptive? because it contains both progestin and estro...

With such a plethora of birth control options [2], where?s a woman to start?! Yasmin, not to be confused with Yaz, is a low-dose pill approved for use in the U.S. in 2001. This pill is no spring chicken in the birth control world, so fortunately, there?s a good deal of information on its risks and benefits. Known as a ?combination oral contraceptive? because it contains both progestin and estro...