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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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Antibiotics and the combined oral contraceptive pill
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2003Broad spectrum antibiotics have been implicated in the failure of contraception in women taking the combined oral contraceptive pill.1 Over 20% of women in the United Kingdom are regular users,2 and the Faculty of Family Planning of the Royal College of Surgeons of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists recommend that for them “additional contraceptive ...
Andrew J, Gibbons +3 more
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Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2002 Recent studies have indicated that the risk of thromboembolic disease (VTE) in users of combined oral contraceptive pills (COCs) varies not only with estrogen dose, but also with the progestogen in pills with the same estrogen dose.
Viveca Odlind +2 more
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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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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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Combination Oral Contraceptive Pills
2020Combination 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 19.4% of reproductive age women who use contraception report current COC use.
Luu D. Ireland, Rebecca H. Allen
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BENIGN HEPATIC TUMORS AND ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS
OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1976In order to consider possible environmental factors related to the development of benign hepatic tumors, all reports of this disorder in the case records of five different hospitals in Rochester, New York, during the past 10 years were reviewed. Seven patients with benign hepatic tumors of the liver and two with peliosis hepatis were identified.
T M, Kalra, J C, Mangla, E W, DePapp
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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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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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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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