BACKGROUND Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding) is a benign yet debilitating social and health condition. Treatments prescribed in order to reduce excessive menstrual blood loss include prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors, antifibrinolytics, the oral contraceptive pill and other hormones. The combined oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is claimed to have a variety of beneficial, inducing a regular...

OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of oral contraceptives on the occurrence of cervical cancer. MATERIAL AND METHOD A hospital-based case-control study was conducted. Sixty women patients with histologically confirmed invasive cervical cancer and 180 healthy women as the control group who attended the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand were recruited. Information about the use ...

OBJECTIVE To measure the association between oral contraceptive use and the prevalence of genital warts in women. METHODS Cross sectional case control study comparing oral contraceptive use in women with and without genital warts attending a city centre genitourinary medicine clinic controlling for recent sexual activity, the presence of other sexually transmitted infections, socio-economic c...

The oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is a type of birth control that taken orally. OCP the world's most frequently used method today. To estimate prevalence depression among hormonal users in Taif city. study was cross-sectional questionnaire survey, based on structured developed by authors conducted city kingdom Saudi Arabia required sample calculated, which approximately 384. prevalen

This article analyzes knowledge and use of contraceptive methods in women ages 10 to 49 years residing in the southern region of the city of São Paulo in 1992. A total of 1,157 childbearing-age women were studied, focusing on variables that might define them as to: knowledge in the use of contraceptive methods and reasons for choosing a given method. We observed that 86% of the women referred k...

A personal trainer, 26 years of age, presented because of a 12-month history of secondary amenorrhoea since ceasing the oral contraceptive pill. In addition, a friend had commented on the yellow pigmentation of her hands, which had been present for an uncertain duration. Menarche occurred at 13 years of age, and menses had been regular prior to commencing the oral contraceptive pill for menorrh...

Few serum biomarker tests are implemented in clinical practice and recent reports raise concerns about poor reproducibility of biomarker studies. Here, we investigated the potential role of sex and female hormonal status in this widespread irreproducibility. We examined 171 serum proteins and small molecules measured in 1,676 participants from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety. Co...

* Percentages are based on women who used oral contraceptive pills in the past 4 weeks and had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months, who were asked the question “Still thinking about the past 4 weeks, how many pills that you were supposed to take did you miss? Would you say you never missed a pill, missed only one pill, or missed two or more pills?” † Estimates are based on interviews of th...

marvelon®, a combined oral contraceptive, contains 30 μg ethinyl estradiol (ee) and 150 μg desogestrel (de), and has been shown to be a well-tolerated and effective combination that provides high contraceptive reliability and good cycle control. however, its efficacy has not been yet evaluated among iranian women. thus, the study aimed to determine the effect of oral contraceptive pill on treat...