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Effect of Oral and Vaginal Hormonal Contraceptives on Inflammatory Blood Biomarkers

Mediators of Inflammation, 2015
The use of combined hormonal contraceptives has been reported to increase the level of C-reactive protein (CRP). We assessed the effect of hormonal contraceptive use on inflammatory cytokines including CRP, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, soluble tumor ...
Afshin A. Divani, Xianghua Luo, Yvonne H. Datta, James D. Flaherty, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari   +4 more
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Stress-Hormone Dynamics and Working Memory in Healthy Women Who Use Oral Contraceptives Versus Non-Users

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
BackgroundWomen who use oral contraceptives (OCs) may have a higher risk of developing a depression, which is associated with both vulnerability to stress and cognitive dysfunction. OCs disrupt the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis by suppressing
Emma Sofie Høgsted, Camilla Borgsted, Camilla Borgsted, Camilla Borgsted, Vibeke H. Dam, Arafat Nasser, Niklas Rye Jørgensen, Brice Ozenne, Brice Ozenne, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Vibe G. Frokjaer   +14 more
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Changes in Canadian contraceptive choices: results of a national survey on hormonal contraceptive use

BMC Women's Health
Background Since the introduction of the birth control pill in 1960, Canadians have been offered a number of different options for hormonal contraceptives, yet oral contraceptives remain the most popular methods.
Allison J. Campbell, Victoria E. Claydon, Sarah Liva, Anita T. Cote   +3 more
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Assessing hormonal contraceptive dispensing and counseling provided by community pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates: a simulated patient study

Pharmacy Practice, 2019
Background: Hormonal contraceptive pills have evolved as a common form of contraception worldwide. Pharmacists play a vital role in providing safe and effective access to these medicines. In many developing countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Mobark DM, Al-Tabakha MM, Hasan S
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Folate contraception and clinical practice

Гинекология, 2020
Since the first pill, there has been a significant evolution of hormonal contraception: low- and micro-dose drugs have appeared, drugs with components as close as possible to endogenous hormones have been developed, new dosage regimens and routes of ...
Vera N. Prilepskaya, Lana L. Bostandzhian   +1 more
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The progestogen content of combined oral contraceptives and venous thromboembolic risk [PDF]

, 2011
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Hannaford, Philip C
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Former long‐term use of combined hormonal contraception and glucose metabolism disorders in perimenopausal women: A prospective, population‐based cohort study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Current use of combined hormonal contraceptives worsens glucose tolerance and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus at late fertile age, but the impact of their former use on the risk of glucose metabolism disorders is still ...
Maria‐Elina Mosorin, Meri‐Maija Ollila, Tanja Nordström, Jari Jokelainen, Terhi Piltonen, Juha Auvinen, Laure Morin‐Papunen, Juha Tapanainen   +7 more
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Oral Contraceptives, Hormone Replacement Therapy and Thrombosis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2001
SummaryOral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy are used by hundreds of millions of women worldwide. Since the early 1960s it is known that female hormones increase the risk of venous thrombosis, myocardial infarction and stroke. This risk is still present with current low-dose oral contraceptives and, even though in absolute terms the risk ...
F R, Rosendaal, F M, Helmerhorst, J P, Vandenbroucke   +2 more
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Long-acting reversible hormonal contraception

South African Family Practice, 2016
Long-acting reversible hormonal contraceptives are effective methods of birth control that provide contraception for an extended period without requiring user action.
N. E. Dahan-Farkas, M. O.E. Irhuma
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The effect of non‐oral hormonal contraceptives on hypertension and blood pressure: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Physiological Reports, 2022
Oral contraceptives (OC) are associated with increased risk of hypertension and elevated blood pressure (BP). Whether non‐oral hormonal contraceptives have similar associations is unknown.
Cindy Z. Kalenga, Sandra M. Dumanski, Amy Metcalfe, Magali Robert, Kara A. Nerenberg, Jennifer M. MacRae, Zahra Premji, Sofia B. Ahmed   +7 more
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