Oral Contraceptives and Cardiovascular Disease
Subtitle: An Analysis of the Recent Discussions on the Safety of the Pill
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: April 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781850707875
Subjects: Birth control, contraception, family planning; Thromboembolism; Myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular Diseases; Contraception; Medical / Nursing; Side effects; Health/Fitness; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Oral contraceptives; Cardiology; Pharmacology; Medical / Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Congresses
First sentence: On the 18th of October 1995, The Committee on Safety of Medicine (CSM) in London issued a letter to all doctors and pharmacists in the UK, which started that oral contraceptives containing desogestrel and gestodene are associated with approximately a two-fold increase in the risk of venous thromboembolism compared with those containing certain other progestogens.