… : Metabolic impact, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, cardiovascular risk A potential relationship
may exist between the metabolic effects of oral contraceptives (… by direct effects on the …

… Combination oral contraceptives (OCs) are probably not an independent risk factor for
cardiovascular disease but through their metabolic actions, may partly amplify the effects of known …

… , whereas mestranol elevates the glucose levels during an oral … to have an effect on
carbohydrate metabolism. The data … show that oral contraceptives alter carbohydrate metabolism, …

… of oral contraceptives that induces insulin resistance. The progestin component must then be
modifying the effects of … similarity we found in oral contraceptive effects on OGTT and IVGTT …

… may reduce the adverse effects of oral contraceptives on many metabolic markers of risk for
… ORAL contraceptive agents can induce substantial metabolic changes that resemble those …

… and blood-pyruvate levels during oral and intravenous glucose-tolerance tests are described
in three groups of women treated with combined oral contraceptive preparations: (A) 91 …

… The present study demonstrates that 3 months of therapy with a triphasic oral contraceptive
results in a decline in insulin sensitivity in women with PCOS as well as in eumenorrheic …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of combined oral contraceptives (OCs) containing …
An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed and metabolism indices, based on …

… Estradiol valerate (E2V) contained in the combined oral contraceptive with dienogest (DNG)
is metabolized to form 17β-estradiol and valeric acid, and E2 is being further metabolized to …

… of metabolic stress will occur such as that observed during pregnancy, following gluco-corticoid
administration, or as we shall see later, the initiation of an oral contraceptive regimen. …