Does St. John's wort interfere with the antiandrogenic effect of oral contraceptive pills?

Contraception

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-248

  Fogle, Robin H ^a   Murphy, Patricia A ^b   Westhoff, Carolyn L ^c   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Hirsutism; Hyperandrogenism; Oral contraceptive pills; P 450 enzyme; St. John's Wort

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IMMUNOASSAY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; NORETHINDRONE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33747000809     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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