Difference between drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives and other oral contraceptives related to risk of venous thromboembolism
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Difference between drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives and other oral contraceptives related to risk of venous thromboembolism.
We wish to comment on the Dinger and Shapiro commentary article published in the January 2012 issue of this Journal.1 Following the publication of papers regarding the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) with combined oral contraceptives (COCs) we would like to share some information regarding comparison between drospirenonecontaining COCs and other COCs in Croatia. This short study was conduc...
متن کاملRisk of venous thromboembolism with drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives.
PURPOSE The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) with drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives (OCs) is reviewed. SUMMARY Increasing attention and media have raised awareness and concern about whether drospirenone-containing OCs increase the risk of VTE. Two studies found that when compared with nonuse of OCs, use of drospirenone-containing OCs was associated with a fourfold to over sixfol...
متن کاملRisk of venous thromboembolism with oral contraceptives.
E1278 CMAJ, December 13, 2011, 183(18) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors The lifetime incidence of venous thromboembolism for both men and women is estimated at 1 per 1000. Increasing our understanding of the precipitating risk factors, as well as optimizing the prevention of this condition in high-risk populations, could help to reduce the burden of venous thromboembolism. A...
متن کاملComparative risks of venous thromboembolism among users of oral contraceptives containing drospirenone and levonorgestrel.
Commentary Background Two case-control studies, both with the involvement of the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, have recently been published in the British Medical Journal (Jick et al. 1 and Parkin et al. 2) in which increased risks of venous throm-boembolism (VTE) among users of drospirenone (DRSP)-containing oral contraceptives (OCs) compared with lev-onorgestrel (LNG)-contai...
متن کاملRisk of nonfatal venous thromboembolism with oral contraceptives containing norgestimate or desogestrel compared with oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel.
CONTEXT Previous studies have reported that users of the "third-generation" oral contraceptives (OCs) containing the progestins gestodene and desogestrel have about twice the risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to users of older OCs containing levonorgestrel. Estimates of the risk for VTE among users of norgestimate-containing OCs compared to other OCs, however, are lacking. OBJECT...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-1893,2045-2098
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100297