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topics under category "Contraception
(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
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| Long-interval treatment regimen with a desogestrel-containing oral |
| Cachrimanidou AC; Hellberg D; Nilsson S; Waldenstrom U; Olsson SE; |
| CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Sep;48(3):205-16. |
| A randomized multicenter study was performed in order to investigate the acceptance of a low-dose oral |
| contraceptive (OC; 30 mcg of ethinyl estradiol and 150 mcg of desogestrel), using a 9 weeks on, 1 week off schedule |
| (prolonged regimen, n = 198), as compared to a traditional 3 weeks on, 1 week off schedule (standard regimen, n = |
| 96). Hemoglobin and blood pressure remained the same in both groups during the study. No significant differences |
| were found in body weight changes between the 2 groups. There was significantly more breakthrough bleeding and |
| spotting in the group with the prolonged regimen than in the group with the standard regimen, but both breakthrough |
| bleeding and spotting decreased during the trial. Irregular bleeding was significantly less in women who were |
| already using OCs, compared to "new starters." No serious side effects occurred. Significantly more women stopped |
| the trial because of bleeding problems in the group with the prolonged regimen, while there were significantly more |
| women who stopped the trial because of headache in the group with the standard regimen. After completing 12 |
| months, or after premature withdrawal from the study, each woman completed a questionnaire. 63% of the women |
| preferred the studied alternative and 26% preferred the traditional OC. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4552- |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Long-interval treatment regimen with a desogestrel- |
| containing oral contraceptive.", is(are) Cachrimanidou AC; Hellberg D; Nilsson S; Waldenstrom U; Olsson SE; |
| Sikstrom B. The source of this article is "CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Sep;48(3):205-16.". This article was published in |
| 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4552-06. All rights reserved with |
| PubHealth.info) PIN: 9552 |
| This article is peer-reviewed. |
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