A postmarketing observational study assessing acceptability and reliability of desogestrel only contrapceptive pill (Cerazette®) in Indian women

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 653-656

  Ray, Subrat ^a   Sovani, Vishwas B ^a  

^a Organon (India) Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Contraception; Desogestrel; POP; Postmarketing study; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DESOGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ACNE; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST TENDERNESS; BURNING SENSATION; CHAPPED LIPS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FACE RASH; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; DESOGESTREL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING;

EID: 34249699053     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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