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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The absence of an association between oral contraceptive use and ulcerative

colitis in patients [letter]

AUTHORS

Lashner BA; Hanauer SB

SOURCE

GASTROENTEROLOGY. 1991 Jun;100(6):1784.

ABSTRACT

We recently published an article in Gastroenterology defining the absence of an etiologic association between oral

contraceptive (OC) use and ulcerative colitis. In our paper, we were very careful to mention that this case-control

study was 1 of etiology and not of natural history. No statement in the article alludes to a recommendation for OC

use in women with active disease predisposed to thromboembolic complications. It is with concern that we found

the "This Month in Gastroenterology" feature to contain 2 misinterpreted statements. It is stated that "for sexually

active women with IBD. . .physicians have been reluctant to prescribe OCs because of several studies suggesting an

association between birth control pills and ulcerative colitis." The purpose of this study, as stated in the

introduction section of the article, was to define the possible etiologic role of OCs and not to guide physician

practices in ulcerative colitis patients. Furthermore, it is stated in the feature that, based on information from our

study, "women with ulcerative colitis considering the use of OCs can be advised that these agents do not appear to

influence IBD adversely." Of course, this is an incorrect inference from our study that offers inappropriate and

incorrect advice to the casual reader of Gastroenterology. Our study cannot be used to answer this complex, and

potentially life-threatening, issue. (2 references cited in original document) (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T

2081-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The absence of an association between oral contraceptive

use and ulcerative colitis in patients [letter]", is(are) Lashner BA; Hanauer SB. The source of this article is

"GASTROENTEROLOGY. 1991 Jun;100(6):1784.". This article was published in 1991 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2081-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12081

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