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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Effect of four combined oral contraceptives on blood pressure in the pill-

free interval.

AUTHORS

Nichols M; Robinson G; Bounds W; Newman B; Guillebaud J

SOURCE

CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Apr;47(4):367-76.

ABSTRACT

The authors sought to evaluate blood pressure changes during the pill- free interval and from baseline among women

taking 4 different low-dose monophasic oral contraceptives (OCs). 131 women were randomized to 4 different OC

groups; pressures were obtained at baseline, at the end of treatment cycles, and at the end of the 7 pill-free days over

6 months of treatment. Pressures were obtained at 4 and 8 weeks after discontinuation. Group 1 received

norethisterone acetate 1000 mcg, group 2 received levonorgestrel 150 mcg, group 3 received desogestrel 150 mcg,

and group 4 received gestodene 75 mcg, all combined with ethinyl estradiol 30 mcg. All 4 groups showed an

increase in pressure during treatment, with return to baseline levels 4 weeks after treatment. At the end of the pill-

free interval, the readings did not differ significantly from those during treatment, except for women in group 4 who

experienced an increase in diastolic pressure. Use of the 4 OCs was associated with a small increase in systolic

and diastolic pressure. Whatever mechanism causes the increase is not entirely reversible after 7 days without

treatment. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4543-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Effect of four combined oral contraceptives on blood

pressure in the pill-free interval.", is(are) Nichols M; Robinson G; Bounds W; Newman B; Guillebaud J. The

source of this article is "CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Apr;47(4):367-76.". This article was published in 1993 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4543-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9543

This article is peer-reviewed.

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