Oral contraceptive pill for heavy menstrual bleeding

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Farquhar, Cindy ^a   Brown, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory agents, non steroidal therapeutic use ; Contraceptives, oral *therapeutic use ; Danazol therapeutic use ; Drug therapy, combination methods ; Female; Humans; Mefenamic acid therapeutic use ; Menorrhagia *drug therapy ; Naproxen therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; DESOGESTREL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; GESTODENE; LEVONORGESTREL; MESTRANOL; MESTRANOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE; NORETHISTERONE; NORGESTREL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77950140228     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000154.pub2     Document Type: Review

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