A randomized controlled trial of treatment options for troublesome uterine bleeding in Implanon users

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1852-1861

  Weisberg, E ^a,b   Hickey, M ^c   Palmer, D ^d   O'Connor, V ^e   Salamonsen, L A ^f   Findlay, J K ^f   Fraser, I S ^a,b  

^a FAMILY PLANNING NSW   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Doxycycline; Ethinyl estradiol; Implanon; Mifepristone

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETONOGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GEOMETRY; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOTTING; UTERINE BLEEDING PATTERN; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VOMITING;

EID: 67651115774     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep081     Document Type: Article

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