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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Cyclic and individualized administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone

agonists plus progestogens: an alternative protocol for contraception.

AUTHORS

Chryssikopoulos A; Phocas I; Rizos D; Kontoravdis A

SOURCE

GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY. 1997 Apr;11(2):119-26.

ABSTRACT

21 women presenting with different diseases, with absolute or relative contraindications to hormonal contraception or

the use of IUDs, received 300-600 mcg/day buserelin intranasally from the 1st to the 21st day, and 5 mg/day

norethisterone acetate orally from the 16th to the 23rd day of the cycle for a total of 245 cycles. Serum luteinizing

hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol and testosterone were determined on days 3-5 and 13-15

of the cycle, while progesterone determinations and ovarian sonography were performed during the second half of the

cycle. According to progesterone values, 92.7% of the treatment cycles were anovulatory, while in one cycle

pregnancy was detected (0.4%). Values of serum LH, FSH, and estradiol were low, and in most of the cycles ovarian

follicular development was limited to follicles of 11 mm or less. In 21 treatment cycles (9%), statistically significant

increases in FSH (p < 0.0001) and LH (p < 0.02), as well as ovarian proliferation to preovulatory follicles or luteinized

follicles, were found. It appears that in spite of the high cost of medication and monitoring of patients, this regimen

could be useful as an alternative in cases where other forms of contraception are contraindicated or have failed.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 531-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Cyclic and individualized administration of gonadotropin-

releasing hormone agonists plus progestogens: an alternative protocol for contraception.", is(are) Chryssikopoulos

A; Phocas I; Rizos D; Kontoravdis A. The source of this article is "GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY. 1997

Apr;11(2):119-26.". This article was published in 1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 531-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 5531

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