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- Title
Venous thrombosis and oral contraceptives: current status.
- Authors
Tchaikovski, Svetlana; Tans, Guido; Rosing, Jan
- Abstract
The use of oral contraceptives is associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis. It is now generally accepted that women who use oral contraceptives that contain so-called third-generation progestins (desogestrel or gestodene) are exposed to a twofold higher risk of venous thrombosis than women who use oral contraceptives that contain the second-generation progestin levonorgestrel. Coagulation studies demonstrated that oral contraceptives increase the plasma level of prothrombin, decrease the level of protein S and induce acquired activated protein C resistance. The changes in hemostatic parameters can explain why women who use oral contraceptives are exposed to an increased risk of venous thrombosis and why the risk is further increased in third-generation oral contraceptive users.
- Subjects
CONTRACEPTIVE drugs; ORAL contraceptives; BIRTH control; THROMBOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
- Publication
Women's Health (17455057), 2006, Vol 2, Issue 5, p761
- ISSN
1745-5057
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2217/17455057.2.5.761