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    The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that...
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  • Oral contraceptives, abbreviated OCPs, also known as birth control pills, are medications taken by mouth for the purpose of birth control. The introduction...
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    pregnancy. They have been shown to be as effective as the combined oral contraceptive pill with perfect use, and the patch may be more effective in typical...
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    brands of regular combined oral contraceptive pills in 1997. As of 2014, there are 26 brands of regular combined oral contraceptive pills containing levonorgestrel...
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    is marketed as a contraceptive. The original hormonal method—the combined oral contraceptive pill—was first marketed as a contraceptive in 1960. In the...
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  • additional medical uses also exist. Progestogen-only pills differ from combined oral contraceptive pills (COCPs), which instead consist of a combination of...
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  • was an American biologist and researcher who co-invented the combined oral contraceptive pill. Pincus was one of five siblings born in Woodbine, New Jersey...
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  • Extended or continuous cycle combined oral contraceptive pills are a packaging of combined oral contraceptive pills (COCPs) that reduce or eliminate the...
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  • dose of medicine "The Pill", a general nickname for the combined oral contraceptive pill The Pill (film), a 2011 film "The Pill", a 1999 episode of That...
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  • Birth control pills come in a variety of formulations. The main division is between combined oral contraceptive pills, containing both estrogens and synthetic...
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  • costs. The combined oral contraceptive pill is a common method of contraception in New Zealand alongside the progestogen-only pill (mini pill). In 2009...
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    to the world for his contribution to the development of the combined oral contraceptive pill at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. Chang...
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    Mestranol/noretynodrel (category Combined oral contraceptives)
    Mestranol/norethynodrel was the first combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP) being mestranol and norethynodrel. It sold as Enovid in the United States...
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  • continues beyond the first 3-4 cycles of oral contraceptive use, a woman should have her prescription adjusted to a pill containing higher estrogen:progesterone...
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    transdermal combined hormonal contraceptive. Progestogen-only contraception Combined oral contraceptive pill Contraceptive patch Contraceptive vaginal ring...
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  • safety, efficacy and patient acceptability of the combined dienogest/estradiol valerate contraceptive pill". International Journal of Women's Health. 2: 279–90...
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  • degradation. This eventually led to the development at Syntex of the combined oral contraceptive pill and synthetic cortisone – and to the development of the Mexican...
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  • progestogens List of progestogen esters Oral contraceptive formulations Estradiol-containing oral contraceptive "Aurovela 1.5/30- norethindrone acetate...
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  • transdermal gels, daily and on-demand oral pills, monthly injectables, and implants. Efforts to develop male contraceptives have been ongoing for many decades...
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  • Birth control (redirect from Contraceptive)
    hormonal contraceptives for men have been and are being clinically tested. There are two types of oral birth control pills, the combined oral contraceptive pills...
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    1999). "Interaction between broad-spectrum antibiotics and the combined oral contraceptive pill. A literature review". Contraception. 59 (2): 71–8. doi:10...
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  • are a progestogen during the luteal phase of the cycle or a combined oral contraceptive pill. Polymenorrhea is sometimes confused with metrorrhagia (menstrual...
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  • manufacturing techniques. Prior to the introduction of the combined oral contraceptive pill, condoms were the most popular birth control method in the...
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    (PDF) on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2014-03-30. see Combined oral contraceptive pill § Role of Placebo Pills Puri V (1988). "Results of multicentric trial of...
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  • dangers of combined oral contraceptive pill use to the attention of Senator Gaylord Nelson with her book The Doctors Case Against the Pill. Nelson, who...
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    thereby including drugs for hormone replacement therapy or the combined oral contraceptive pill, as well as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and beta-blockers...
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  • SONET fiber-optic network specification Oral contraceptive, usually referring to the combined oral contraceptive pill Organ-on-a-chip, microfluidic device...
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  • two-year community college located in Santa Clarita, California Combined oral contraceptive pill, a medical method of birth control Commandant of cadets, the...
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    the 1960s introduction of the intrauterine device and the combined oral contraceptive pill. In 1965, only 10% of U.S. married couples used a diaphragm...
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    A tablet (also known as a pill) is a pharmaceutical oral dosage form (oral solid dosage, or OSD) or solid unit dosage form. Tablets may be defined as the...
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