Bone-sparing properties of oral contraceptives

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  DeCherney, A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bone density; estrogen; oral contraceptives; Osteoporosis; postmenopausal; premenopausal

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; NORETHISTERONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BIRTH CONTROL; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030040236     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70366-6     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. JE Compston HRT and osteoporosis KT Khaw Hormone replacement therapy 1992 Churchill Livingstone Edinburgh 309 344
2. Reproductive health in the perimenopause Contracept Rep 4 1993 1 10
3. R Lindsay J Tohme B Kanders The effect of oral contraceptive use on vertebral bone mass in pre- and post-menopausal women Contraception 34 1986 333 340
4. D Kritz-Silverstein E Barrett-Connor Bone mineral density in postmenopausal women as determined by prior oral contraceptive use Am J Public Health 83 1993 100 102
5. M Kleerekoper RS Brienza LR Schultz Oral contraceptive use may protect against low bone mass: Henry Ford Hospital Osteoporosis Cooperative Research Group Arch Intern Med 151 1991 1971 1976
6. H Enzelsberger M Metka G Heytmanek Influence of oral contraceptive use on bone density in climacteric women Maturitas 9 1988 375 378
7. AA Shargil Hormone replacement therapy in perimenopausal women with a triphasic contraceptive compound: a three year prospective study Int J Fertil 30 1985 15 28
8. Rodin Premenopausal bone loss in the lumbar spine and neck of femur Bone 11 1990 1 5
9. BE Henderson A Paganini-Hill RK Ross Decreased mortality in users of estrogen replacement therapy Arch Intern Med 151 1991 75 78
10. JA Fortney PJ Feldman RV Talmage Bone mineral density and history of oral contraceptive use J Reprod Med 39 1994 105 109
11. RR Recker KM Davies SM Hinders Bone gain in young adult women JAMA 268 1992 2403 2408
12. NF Goldsmith JO Johnston Bone mineral effects of oral contraceptives, pregnancy and lactation J Bone Joint Surg 57 1975 657 668
13. MM Hreshchyshyn A Hopkins S Zylstra M Anbar Associations of parity, breast-feeding, and birth control pills with lumbar spine and femoral neck bone densities AM J OBSTET GYNECOL 159 1988 318 322
14. ML Hall J Heavens ID Cullum PJ Ell The range of bone density in normal British women Br J Radiol 63 1990 266 269
15. RB Mazess HS Barden Bone density in premenopausal women: effects of age, dietary intake, physical activity, smoking, and birth control pills Am J Clin Nutr 53 1991 132 142
16. A Volpe M Silferi AD Genazzani AR Genazzani Contraception in older woman Contraception 47 1993 229 239
17. RJ Chetkowski DR Meldrum KA Steingold Biological effects of transdermal estradiol N Engl J Med 314 1986 1615 1620
18. A Horsman M Jones R Francis The effect of estrogen dose on postmenopausal bone loss N Engl J Med 309 1983 1405 1407
19. B Ettinger HK Genant CE Cann Postmenopausal bone loss is prevented by low-dosage estrogen with calcium Ann Intern Med 106 1987 40 45
20. JM Eldred PJ Haynes EJ Thomas A randomized double blind placebo controlled trial of the effects on bone metabolism of the combination of nafarelin acetate and norethisterone Clin Endocrinol 37 1992 354 359
21. MJ Reed MS Ross LC Lai In vivo conversion of norethisterone to ethinyl estradiol in perimenopausal women J Steroid Biochem Med Biol 37 1990 301 303
22. BJ Riis JS Christiansen JS Johansen Is it possible to prevent bone loss in young women treated with luteinizing hormone - releasing hormone agonists? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 70 1990 920 924
23. ES Surrey JC Gambone JKH Lu The effects of combining norethindrone with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist in the treatment of symptomatic endometriosis Fertil Steril 53 1990 620 626
24. C Ribot F Tremollieres JM Pouilles Effect of 17β-estradiol and norethisterone acetate on vertebral bone mass and lipid metabolism in early postmenopausal women Maturitas 15 1992 217 223
25. JC Stevenson MP Cust KF Gangar Effects of transdermal versus oral hormone replacement therapy on bone density in spine and proximal femur in postmenopausal women Lancet 335 1990 265 269