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Combination Oral Contraceptive Pills
2016Combination oral contraceptive pills (COCs) have been available in the United States for over 50 years and are the most common single form of contraception used by US women. Up to 82 % of women who have ever been sexually active have used COCs and 17.1 % of reproductive age women who use contraception report current COC use. Combined oral contraceptive
Juliana Melo, Mitchell D. Creinin
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Oral Contraceptive Pills and Endometrial Cancer
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1979Excerpt To the editor: Horwitz and Feinstein (1) conclude from their epidemiologic study of endometrial cancer that "no association exists between the use of oral contraceptive pills and the subseq...
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2019
IN THE CENTURY since women were finally granted the right to vote, the women's liberation movement has continued to demand equality between the sexes. The recent “Time's Up” and #MeToo campaigns highlight that these issues are still far from resolved, but it was in the 1960s that the single biggest revolution for women occurred.
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IN THE CENTURY since women were finally granted the right to vote, the women's liberation movement has continued to demand equality between the sexes. The recent “Time's Up” and #MeToo campaigns highlight that these issues are still far from resolved, but it was in the 1960s that the single biggest revolution for women occurred.
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Progestogen potency in oral contraceptive pills
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1987The most important target organs for combined oral contraceptive preparations are the anterior pituitary gland and the uterus. The long-term unopposed administration of estrogen produces endometrial hyperplasia and amenorrhea, which are unacceptable to most women and their medical advisors.
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Antibiotics and Oral Contraceptive Pills
Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, 1989While drug interactions between anticonvulsants and oral contraceptives are well established the universality of drug interactions between pills and antibiotics is still being debated. Rifampin and anticonvulsants induce the liver enzyme cytochrome P450 oxygenase thereby speeding the metabolism of ethinyl estradiol reducing its half life by half ...
Charles Nager, Ana Murphy
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New concepts in oral contraceptive pill use
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1992Over 30 years have elapsed since the introduction of the combination oral contraceptive pill. During this time, the estrogen and progestogen components of the pill have been reduced 80% and 90%, respectively. An improved understanding of the mechanisms involved in the metabolism of the oral contraceptive pill steroids now exists that allows us to ...
H A, Zacur, D, Stewart
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Update on oral contraceptive pills and postcoital contraception
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1992Modern oral contraceptive pills are safe for the majority of American women. The most important contraindications to oral contraceptive pill use are a history of thrombophlebitis or thromboembolism while on the pill or during pregnancy, smoking over 15 cigarettes daily if over 35 years of age, active liver disease, hypertension, diabetes, a lipid ...
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Undertaking an oral contraceptive pill review
Nursing Standard, 2017This article provides nurses with an understanding of the process for undertaking an annual oral contraceptive pill review effectively. This is commonly referred to as a 'pill check', and is the responsibility of many nurses working in primary care and sexual health services.
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Risks and benefits of oral contraceptive pills
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2002In the more than 40 years since the combined oral contraceptive pill was first marketed, much information has been obtained as to its risks. Considerably less publicity has been given to the balancing benefits that have also emerged. There has been an increasing realization that the risks are focused in those women with recognised risk factors, meaning
Rachel E, D'Souza, John, Guillebaud
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Massive colonic bleeding and oral contraceptive “pills”
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1976Two patients on oral contraceptives who developed massive colonic bleeding have been presented. The clinical course and various studies suggest the mesenteric insufficiency syndrome as being a possible result of oral contraceptive effect on mesenteric vasculature.
F W, Prust, G K, Kumar
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