Depression as a side effect of the contraceptive pill

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-374

  Kulkarni, Jayashri ^a  

^a Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Estrogen; Oral contraception; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETONOGESTREL; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GALLSTONE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OVULATION INHIBITION; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 34548485073     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.6.4.371     Document Type: Review

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