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YEAR: 1996

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Risk of thrombosis with oral contraceptives -- si tacuisses (letter)

[Thromboserisiko oraler Kontrazeptiva - si tacuisses.]

AUTHORS

Huber JC

SOURCE

ZENTRALBLATT FUR GYNAKOLOGIE. 1996;118(12):697-9.

ABSTRACT

A criticism is presented about an editorial by RDT Farmer on the alleged risk of thromboembolism caused by the

third generation oral contraceptives (OCs), gestoden and desogestrel. A number of factors were not taken into

consideration when coming to the conclusion that the latest generation OCs pose an increased risk of

thromboembolism. The studies cited to support his position in fact prove the opposite, and different preparations

containing gestagens are not compared. The debate rages around the common sense of attributing significantly

increased risk on the basis of an increase of thromboembolism from 2 cases per 10,000 users per year among

second generation OC users to 4 cases per 10,000 users per year among third generation OC users. The author

admits that the risk is very minuscule. Bias also enters the picture on account of confounding by indication, the fact

that the physician decides on the basis of prognosis, perception, expectation, and the disease, which all exert a

direct effect on the choice of treatment. In addition, the health user effect also has an influence. This was

recognized at an international congress in Amsterdam in August 1996. The great problem was bias, which was also

treated in Science, the organ of the American Academy of Sciences. Furthermore, in Great Britain the product

information of gestoden-containing preparations states that thromboembolitic episodes are less frequent than with

the old OCs and they also exert fewer side effects on the metabolism. The Austrian experts have always maintained

that the problem of thromboembolism is not caused by the new preparations, but rather by faulty prescribing.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2077-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Risk of thrombosis with oral contraceptives -- si tacuisses

(letter) [Thromboserisiko oraler Kontrazeptiva - si tacuisses.]", is(are) Huber JC. The source of this article is

"ZENTRALBLATT FUR GYNAKOLOGIE. 1996;118(12):697-9.". This article was published in 1996 in German

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2077-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7077

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