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YEAR: 1983

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Oral contraceptives: recent safety studies (author's transl) [Contraceptifs

oraux: recentes etudes de tolerance.]

AUTHORS

Edgren RA

SOURCE

Contraception, Fertilite, Sexualite. 1983 Sep;11(9):975-83.

ABSTRACT

Considerable research evidence now exists to suggest that the risks of oral contraceptive (OC) use were seriously

overestimated in earlier work. Because experimentation in medicine is never possible in the rigorous sense in which

it is employed in basic sciences, other sources of information must be substituted. Information on the dangers of

OC use has come from anecdotal reports, retrospective case control studies, prospective cohort studies, and

statistical analyses of deaths, each source being associated with specific problems of interpretation. Recent

findings of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Walnut Creek Study, and the Oxford Study have suggested

a lowered incidence of malignant neoplasms in OC than in IUD or diaphragm users; a reduced incidence of breast

cancer although the relationship did not consistently achieve statistical significance, and a reduced incidence of

ovarian and endometrial cancer. The risks of cervical cancer among OC users appeared slightly higher but

disappeared when sexual behavior was controlled. Despite much concern with the possibility of postpill amenorrhea

and perhaps sterility among women discontinuing OC use, it now appears that after 2 years there is no difference in

the fertility of women who have discontinued use of OCs, IUDs, or diaphragms. Use of OCs as a contraceptive before

pregnancy does not appear to be associated with fetal malformations, spontaneous abortion, or perinatal mortality,

and the inadvertent use of OCs in early pregnancy is apparently associated with only a very slight risk of anomalies.

Recent studies of cardiovascular disease risks indicate that the relative risks of cardiovascular disease among OC

users have been greatly exaggerated, especially when smoking is taken into account. Various studies of mortality

data have failed to establish a link between OC use and excess mortality from cardiovascular disease.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT5T 2079-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Oral contraceptives: recent safety studies (author's transl)

[Contraceptifs oraux: recentes etudes de tolerance.]", is(are) Edgren RA. The source of this article is

"Contraception, Fertilite, Sexualite. 1983 Sep;11(9):975-83.". This article was published in 1983 in French

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT5T 2079-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 22079

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