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YEAR:

1995

CATEGORY:

Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The effect on blood pressure of a monophasic oral contraceptive containing

ethinylestradiol and gestodene.

AUTHORS

Fuchs N; Dusterberg B; Weber-Diehl F; Muhe B

SOURCE

CONTRACEPTION. 1995 Jun;51(6):335-9.

ABSTRACT

Schering AG (manufacturer of a monophasic oral contraceptive [OC] containing 75 mcg gestodene plus 30 mcg

ethinyl estradiol) in Berlin, Germany, conducted a retrospective analysis of blood pressure measurements from 4

clinical trials of the contraceptive efficacy and safety of monophasic gestodene to examine gestodene's effect on

blood pressure and the incidence of OC-related blood pressure/ hypertension. (OC-related blood

pressure/hypertension is defined as: women with neither history of hypertension nor elevated blood pressure before

OC use develop increased blood pressure or hypertension that is reversible once OC use ceases.) The clinical trials

recorded the blood pressure of 1930 women for up to 24 cycles. Most women (89.9%) experienced no change in their

blood pressure during OC use. 97 women (5%) experienced an increase in blood pressure. 26 women (1.35%) had

OC-elevated blood pressure/hypertension. Four women left the trials due to hypertension. 67 women (3.5%) who had

elevated blood pressure before OC use attained normalization of blood pressure during OC use. These results show

that the gestodene-containing OC had an insignificant effect on blood pressure and that elevated blood pressure

rarely occurred. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2562-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The effect on blood pressure of a monophasic oral

contraceptive containing ethinylestradiol and gestodene.", is(are) Fuchs N; Dusterberg B; Weber-Diehl F; Muhe B.

The source of this article is "CONTRACEPTION. 1995 Jun;51(6):335-9.". This article was published in 1995 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2562-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

7562

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