OBJECTIVE To determine whether use of oral contraceptives is associated with all cause and cause specific mortality. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Nurses' Health Study, data collected between 1976 and 2012. POPULATION 121,701 participants were prospectively followed for 36 years; lifetime oral contraceptive use was recorded biennially from 1976 to 1982. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES ...

BACKGROUND Most women taking combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are satisfied with their contraceptive method. However, one of the most common reasons reported for discontinuation of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) is mood deterioration. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare effects of the second and third generation oral contraceptive pills on the mood of reproductive women. MATERIAL...

serum total fatty acids were estimated in controls and women using the oral contraceptives eugynon (containing 0.5 mg.of norgestron and 0.05 mg ethinyl oestradiol) and lyndiol (containing 2.5 mg. of linostrol and 0.05 mg of ethiny oestradiol) for periods ranging from 8 to 110 weeks. the serum total fatty acids level was found to be approximately 70% higher in the women using oral contraceptives...

Norethindrone was the first progestin, a synthetic version of a natural steroid hormone, progesterone. A few birth control pills contain only a progestin, while the rest combine a progestin and an estrogen analogue. In the more than 60 years since Djerassi’s landmark synthesis, drug makers have experimented with different formulations of oral contraceptives, including introducing new types of p...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between use of combined oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolism, taking the type of progestogen into account. DESIGN Two nested case-control studies. SETTING General practices in the United Kingdom contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD; 618 practices) and QResearch primary care database (722 practices). PARTIC...