Introduction: The pharmacodynamic effects of various combined oral estrogen-progestin
combinations (COC) are examined for their components alone or in the various combined …

New generation oral contraceptives containing desogestrel or gestodene, and possibly also
norgestimate, are more or less similar with respect to contraceptive efficacy, cycle control …

The stress response differs between women using hormonal contraception and naturally
cycling women. Yet, despite ample evidence showing that the stress response differs across …

Although large epidemiologic studies indicated no difference in the frequency of diabetes
mellitus in nonusers and everusers of high-dose combination oral contraceptives, other …

Women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus were randomly assigned to one of two low-
dose oral contraceptives to evaluate the effect of low-dose oral contraceptives on …

In a double-blind, controlled, randomized, four-arm, bicentric clinical study, the effect of four
oral contraceptives (OCs) on lipid metabolism was investigated. Four groups composed of …

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 …

The association of cardiovascular disease and abnormal lipid profiles has received
considerable attention over the past 2 decades. Dating from 1959 when Albrink and Man1 …

The effect of sex steroids on lipid metabolism depends on the type and dose of the
compounds, the route of administration, and the duration of treatment. Therefore the …

The effects on lipid metabolism of seven combined oral contraceptives were investigated,
particularly the effects on high density lipoprotein (HDL) subfractions, which were separated …