A randomized controlled trial of subantimicrobial-dose doxycycline to prevent unscheduled bleeding with continuous oral contraceptive pill use

Contraception

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-358

  Kaneshiro, Bliss ^a   Edelman, Alison ^b,c   Carlson, Nichole E ^d   Nichols, Mark ^b   Forbes, Marci Messerle ^b   Jensen, Jeffrey ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Continuous oral contraceptive pills; Contraceptive induced amenorrhea; Doxycycline; Matrix metalloproteinases; Subantimicrobial dose doxycycline

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOTTING; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSCHEDULED BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858340550     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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