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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The safety and efficacy issues of progestin-only oral contraceptives -- an

epidemiologic perspective.

AUTHORS

Chi IC

SOURCE

CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Jan;47(1):1-21.

ABSTRACT

Progestogen-only oral contraceptives (POCs) are generally considered a good contraceptive choice for breast feeding

women who want to use an oral form of contraception, but are not suited for, or cannot tolerate the side effects of,

estrogen-containing preparations. However, a number of POCs' safety, efficacy and other related issues remain to be

addressed. This paper reviews recent literature and evaluates these issues from an epidemiologic perspective.

The small number of users imposes severe limitations in designing epidemiologic studies to address POCs'

longterm safety issues, but available information suggests POCs are at least as safe as, if not safer than,

combination oral contraceptives (COCs). Compared to COCs, POCs are more likely to cause menstrual disturbances

which, in turn, could affect their acceptability and lead to poor compliance and hence higher pregnancy rates.

POCs' efficacy has been estimated to be between 1.4-4.3 pregnancies/100 woman-years of use. Lower pregnancy

rates approaching those of COCs have been reported in centers with good counseling. POCs' benefits outweigh their

risks. However, more studies are needed to further address POCs' safety and efficacy issues. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT2T 4571-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The safety and efficacy issues of progestin-only oral

contraceptives -- an epidemiologic perspective.", is(are) Chi IC. The source of this article is "CONTRACEPTION.

1993 Jan;47(1):1-21.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 4571-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9571

This article is peer-reviewed.

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