Reproductive choices in 2000
Subtitle: the relative safety of current oral contraceptives
By: editors, R.G. Edwards, Jean Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, Jean, 1929-; Edwards, R. G. 1925-
Series: Human reproduction excerpts -- no. 1, May 2000; Excerpts on human reproduction -- 2000, no. 1.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Oral contraceptives -- Side effects.
Other titles: Human reproduction update.
Notes: "This excerpt was first published in Human Reproduction Update Vol 5 No 6 1999"

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Review; title: Recent saga of cardiovascular disease and safety of oral contraceptives; title: Social consequences; title: Public health implications of the 1995 pill scare; title: Pill scare: the responses of authorities, doctors and patients using oral contraception; title: Safety of modern oral contraception: the options for women: lessons to be learned; title: Clinical implications; title: Avoiding problems in clinical practice after the pill scare; title: Clinician's response to the oral contraceptive thrombosis controversy; title: Role of selective prescribing in the increased risk of VTE associated with third-generation oral contraceptives; title: Biological coagulation findings in third-generation oral contraceptives; title: Concordant and discordant effects on cardiovascular risks exerted by oestrogen and progestogen in women using oral contraception and hormone replacement therapy; title: New epidemiological studies; title: Oral contraceptives and venous thromboembolic disease. Analyses of the UK general practice research database and the UK MediPlus database; title: Transnational study on oral contraceptives and the health of young women. Methods, results, new analyses and the healthy user effect; title: Interpretations; title: Cardiovascular disease and combined oral contraceptives: reviewing the evidence and balancing the risks; title: Aftermath of a pill scare: regression to reassurance; title: Changing scene- an unnecessary pill crisis; title: Conclusions; title: Conclusions: the relative safety of modern oral contraceptives.