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YEAR: 1970

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Megaloblastic anemia precipitated by the use of oral contraceptive: a case

report.

AUTHORS

Holmes RP

SOURCE

North Carolina Medical Journal 31: 17-18. January 1970.

ABSTRACT

The case of a woman aged 31 using oral contraceptives for 3 1/2 years who was admitted to the Craven County

Hospital (North Carolina) on May 8, 1967, complaining of fatigue, general malaise, a 20 pound weight loss, and

increasing tiredness which developed during the preceding 6 months, is reported as an example of an association

between folic acid-responsive megaloblastic anemia and oral contraception. After the drug was discontinued, 2

units of fresh whole blood administered and a daily oral regimen of folic acid 5 mg, begun, the patient felt greatly

improved. This case seems to represent a situation in which oral contraception precipitated the anemia in a woman

with a previous history of malabsorption of folic acid and is consistent with other studies cited which support the

concept that oral contraceptives can produce megaloblastic anemia in individuals who have some underlying cause

of folate deficiency. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 4563-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Megaloblastic anemia precipitated by the use of oral

contraceptive: a case report.", is(are) Holmes RP. The source of this article is "North Carolina Medical Journal 31:

17-18. January 1970.". This article was published in 1970 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT8T 4563-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 39563

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