Emergency contraception can be used by women after sexual intercourse in an effort to prevent an unintended pregnancy. Roughly one-half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended (1,2). The FDA first approved emergency contraceptive pills in 1998, but there is evidence of limited use of hormonal contraceptives for emergency contraception since the 1960s (3,4). Now, there are at leas...

CONTEXT In South Africa, emergency contraceptive pills are available directly from pharmacies without a prescription, yet few studies have assessed pharmacists' knowledge of and attitudes toward the medication. METHODS In-person interviews were conducted with 34 pharmacists practicing in Soweto and the Johannesburg Central Business District, from February through April 2003. The pharmacists p...

background: oral contraceptive pills are among the most popular contraceptive methods, but the fear of cancer and cardiovascular disease overshadows its continuous use among women. this study aimed to define the association between consumption patterns of combined oral contraceptives among women with breast cancer. materials and methods: this is an analytical case–control study conducted on 175...

Emergency contraceptive(EC) is a method that used to prevent unwanted pregnancy that result from unintended sexual activity, sexual assault or abuse, misuse of regular contraceptive or nonuse of contraception methods. (EC) can also plays a vital role in preventing un intended pregnancy, which in turn helps to reduce unintended child birth and unsafe abortion , which are major problem of materna...

BACKGROUND As oral contraceptive pills are available over the counter in pharmacies, pharmacists are professionally responsible for checking and informing patients about every aspect of taking these drugs. Simulated patient method is a new and robust way to evaluate professional performance of pharmacists. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pharmacy practice of Iranian...

UNLABELLED Background and Objective : Contraceptive pills are generally taken orally and can cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting and hypertension. The vaginal use of these pills can reduce such complications. Our objective was to compare the efficacy and side effects of low dose contraceptive pills by oral and vaginal route in the management of dysfunctional uterine bleeding-(DUB) Metho...

STUDY QUESTION Is pre-pregnancy hormonal contraception use associated with the development of pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy? SUMMARY ANSWER In contrast to combined oral contraceptive pills, long lifetime exposure to progestin-only contraceptive pills or the use of a progestin intrauterine device during the final year before pregnancy were associated with pelvic girdle pain. WHAT IS AL...

The introduction and widespread use of antibiotics in the last few decades have altered public attitudes towards venereal diseases and the previous fear of their consequences has been replaced by indifference, which has in turn contributed to sexual permissiveness. It has been contended that the removal of fear of pregnancy by the increasing availability and use of contraceptive gestogen pills ...

Oral contraceptives are classically given in a cyclic manner with 21 days of active pills followed by 7 days of placebo. In the past 4 years, new oral contraceptives have been introduced which either shorten the placebo time, lengthen the active pills (extended cycle), or provide active pills every day (continuous). These concepts are not new; extended and continuous pills were first studied in...