Drospirenone and VTE
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Risk 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...
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M e t h o d s Data sources: MEDLINE (1966 to December 2005), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, and bibliographies of relevant studies. Study selection and assessment: Case–control or cohort studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated any form of travel as a risk factor for VTE or preventive measures for travel-related...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1471-1893
DOI: 10.1783/147118910790291127