...Jung-Yun Lee; Sang Min Park; Young-Jin Ko; Yong-Sang Song Background/Aims: To compare the prevalence of contraindications to oral contraceptive (OC) use between OC users and nonusers and to identify high-risk groups related to contraindications to OC use among OC users. Methods: This health...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Male medical students Oral contraceptives Knowledge Attitude Oral contraceptives (OC) use enables family planning and control over female...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Multiple sclerosis Female gender Pregnancy Menarche Oral contraceptives Focal demyelinated plaques in the white matter (WM), visible with the naked eye, are considered to be the pathological hallmark of MS. Microscopically...

...Sopon Cheewadhanaraks; Chainarong Choksuchat; Kriengsak Dhanaworavibul; Tippawan Liabsuetrakul Background/Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of postoperative depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) versus postoperative continuous oral contraceptive (OC) pills in the treatment...

... be accurately predicted by receptor assays. Desogestrel and levonorgestrel exhibit similar androgenic properties in this model system. These data correlate with clinical experience on oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel and desogestrel, respectively, which do not differ from each other...

...Jørgen Jespersen; Steen Ingeberg; Elsa Bach Determinations of platelet number and concentration of antithrombin III (AT-III) were made in samples of plasma collected during one normal or hormone-simulated cycle in 14 young, normal women and in 11 women using an oral contraceptive low in oestrogen...

.... Oral contraceptives Fibrinolysis Smoking Thrombosis Gynecol, obstet. Invest. 15: 223-229 (1983) Fibrinolytic Activity in the Walls of Foot Veins in Women Using Combined Contraceptive Pills A. Kjaeldgaard, B. Larsson Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge...

...Jørgen Jespersen Determinations of plasma euglobulin fibrinolytic activity were made in samples of plasma collected during one normal or hormone-simulated cycle in 15 young, normal women and in 11 women using an oral contraceptive low in estrogen. Distinct, individual levels caused the variations...

...Ian Milsom; Björn Andersch The influence of different oral contraceptives on the prevalence and severity of dysmenorrhea was investigated in a representative sample of 19-year-old women from an urban Swedish population. The prevalence and severity of dysmenorrhea were significantly (p < 0.01...

... contraceptives or estrogen treatment. In 3 of 4 women who developed hypertension on oral contraceptives or estrogen treatment, the blood pressure was reduced with the infusion of 1-Sar, 8-Ile angiotensin II. In 3 women who remained normotensive on oral contraceptives or estrogen treatment, the blood pressure...

...I.H. Omsjø; P. Øian; B. Østerud The thromboplastin activity in blood monocytes from 13 women on oral contraceptives and from a reference group of 20 women not on oral contraceptives has been compared. The thromboplastin activity in endotoxin-stimulated monocytes from the oral contraceptive (OC...

...J. Spona; J. Huber The efficacy of low-dose oral contraceptives containing 30 µg or 35 µg ethinyl estradiol in combination with Levonorgestrel, gestoden (Δ 15 -Levonorgestrel) and cyproterone acetate was studied. Borderline doses for inhibition of ovulation were found to be approximately 50 µg...

...L.H. Honoré; M. Koch; L.B. Brown The possible link between oral contraceptives (OCs) and cervical adenocarcinoma was tested by a case-case study of prior and current OC use in women with adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Cases were matched by age, year of diagnosis, and stage...

...Nils-Olov Lunell; Helmut Pschera; Göran Zador; Kjell Carlström The possible interaction of the newly developed triazole antifungal SCH 39304 with low-dose combined oral contraceptives (OCs) was studied in 15 healthy women. Serum levels of ovarian and adrenocortical steroids and sex hormone-binding...

...Jørgen Jespersen; Mette Toft Nielsen Total protein S, a coagulation regulating protein, was determined by an electroimmunoassay in samples of plasma collected during one menstrual or hormone-induced cycle in 15 young women and 11 women using oral contraceptives with 30 µg ethinyl estradiol and 150...

... be relevant for certain metabolic effects of oral contraceptives. © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel 1990 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic...

...R.P.M. Steegers-Theunissen; J.M. van Rossum; E.A.P. Steegers; C.M.G. Thomas; T.K.A.B. Eskes The effects of long-term use of oral contraceptives containing less than 50 µg of estrogen (sub-50 OCs) on the kinetics of folic acid monoglutamate, vitamin B 12 levels, and iron status have been studied...

...Ullacarin Wreje; Per Kristiansson; Hans Åberg; Birgitta Byström; Bo von Schoultz Serum relaxin levels were analysed in 12 healthy women every other day during the menstrual cycle and during a second cycle on oral contraceptives. Relaxin levels in 7 women with posterior pelvic and lumbar pain were...

...Robert L. Barbieri The effects of estrogen-progestin oral contraceptives on the volume of uterine leiomyomata is not well characterized. In this case report, a 45-year-old woman with a symptomatic uterine leiomyoma was observed to have a 47% reduction in myoma volume after discontinuation...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Laparoscopy Doppler ultrasonography Wedge resection Massive ovarian oedema Oral contraceptives Case Report Gynecol...