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Hormonal Contraceptives and Dermatology

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2020
Hormones play a significant role in normal skin physiology and many dermatologic conditions. As contraceptives and hormonal therapies continue to advance and increase in popularity, it is important for dermatologists to understand their mechanisms and dermatologic effects given the intricate interplay between hormones and the skin. This article reviews
Natalie M. Williams   +4 more
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Hormonal Male Contraception

Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2021
The demand for availability of efficient and safe contraceptive methods is strengthened by the predictions made by the United Nations regarding the future growth of the human population. So far, women are not only the main victims of the unsafe procedures related to terminating unwished pregnancies but do also carry the main responsibility for family
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Combined Hormonal Contraception

Adolescent Medicine Clinics, 2005
This article discusses the different combined hormonal contraception methods. Combined methods, delivering both estrogen and a progestin simultaneously, are among the most effective, widely used hormonal contraceptive options. They also have the best noncontraceptive benefit profile for young women of all hormonal contraceptive options.
Michele E, Calderoni, Susan M, Coupey
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Combined Hormonal Contraception

Medicine, 2001
Abstract Combined oral contraception is now available as oral, transdermal, vaginal and injectable preparations. Only the pill and patch are currently marketed in the UK. Most of the data come from the oral preparation (the combined pill), which has been marketed for more than 40 years and used by millions of women.
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Hormonal male contraception

Andrology
AbstractIntroductionMale contraception with exogenously administered hormones suppresses both luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone leading to low intratesticular testosterone concentration. This results in reversible suppression of spermatogenesis and marked decrease in sperm output in the ejaculate and preventing pregnancy in the ...
Wang C.   +3 more
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Male hormonal contraception

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2000
Male hormonal contraceptive methods are based on the principle of pituitary gonadotrophin suppression and intratesticular testosterone depletion, leading to suppression of spermatogenesis. Following the earlier contraceptive efficacy trials using testosterone alone, synergistic combination regimes using newer androgens and other agents are now being ...
C, Oxynos, F C, Wu
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NEOPLASIA AND HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1981
PIP: There are an estimated 8-10 million oral contraceptive (OC) users in the U.S. Investigation of the effects of OCs on neoplasia is not easy; currently 4 investigative methods are used: 1) case reports, 2) disease rate and trends, 3) case-control studies, which are the main source of careful retrospective information, and 4) cohort studies, which ...
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Hormonal Contraception and Lactation

Journal of Human Lactation, 1996
Hormonal contraceptive measures can be used immediately postpartum if the patient so desires. Progestin-only contraceptives are preferable to estrogen-containing methods if initiated during the first six months after delivery. Progestin only contraceptives do not appear to affect milk volume, composition, or to cause deleterious effects in the infant ...
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[Customization of hormonal contraception]. [PDF]

open access: possibleMinerva ginecologica, 2018
In the last few years new oral contraceptives have been marketed showing a better safety profile for women. They are the result of important changes made to the old compounds. As far as the estrogenic component, with the aim of decreasing side effects, the dose of ethinyl estradiol has been reduced and synthetic estrogens have been replaced by natural ...
De Leo, Vincenzo   +4 more
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Hormonal contraception and the skin

The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, 1998
The use of hormonal contraception is of great interest in dermatological therapy because of the effectiveness of hormonal contraception with its antiandrogenic properties in the treatment of androgen-dependent dermatological disease and because of the need for a pregnancy prevention strategy in dermatological treatments with teratogenic potential ...
B, Giannotti, P, Carli
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