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Hormonal contraception

Canada

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Canadian Consensus Guideline on Continuous and Extended Hormonal Contraception, 2007 [2007]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Strategies to improve adherence and acceptability of hormonal methods for contraception
  • Steroidal contraceptives: effect on bone fractures in women
  • Skin patch and vaginal ring versus combined oral contraceptives for contraception
  • Immediate start of hormonal contraceptives for contraception
  • Hormonal versus non-hormonal contraceptives in women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2
  • Hormonal contraceptives for contraception in overweight or obese women
  • Continuous or extended cycle vs. cyclic use of combined hormonal contraceptives for contraception

United Kingdom

• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
  • The cost-effectiveness of a long-acting reversible contraceptive (Implanon) relative to oral contraception in a community setting [2009]

• Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
  • Drug interactions with hormonal contraception [2011]
  • Combined hormonal contraception [2011]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Drug interactions with hormonal contraception. Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare [2012]
  • Venous thromboembolism and hormonal contraception. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [2011]
  • Combined hormonal contraception. Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare [2011]
  • Management of unscheduled bleeding in women using hormonal contraception. Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare [2009]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Lymphangioma and progesterone contraception - query bank [2012]
  • Venous Thromboembolism and Hormonal Contraception [2010]

United States of America

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Long-acting reversible contraception: implants and intrauterine devices. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2011]
  • Noncontraceptive uses of hormonal contraceptives. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2010]
  • Use of hormonal contraception in women with coexisting medical conditions. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2006]

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Strategies to improve adherence and acceptability of hormonal methods for contraception [2011]
  • Immediate start of hormonal contraceptives for contraception [2009]
  • Treatment of vaginal bleeding irregularities induced by progestin-only contraceptives [2007]

• World Health Organization
  • Technical Consultation on the effects of hormonal contraception on bone health [2007]

Articles in journals

• American Family Physician
  • Managing Adverse Effects of Hormonal Contraceptives [2010]
  • Initiating Hormonal Contraception [2006]

• British Medical Journal
  • Assessing the risk of venous thromboembolic events in women taking progestin-only contraception: a meta-analysis [2012]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Risks of venous thromboembolism with various hormonal contraceptives [2012]

• Human Reproduction Update
  • Strategies to prevent unintended pregnancy: increasing use of long-acting reversible contraception [2011]
  • Hormonal contraception and risk of cancer [2010]
  • New progestagens for contraceptive use [2006]
  • Demographic effects of the introduction of steroid contraception in developed countries [2006]
  • Hormonal contraception without estrogens [2003]

• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Progestogen-Only Contraceptives and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis [2011]

• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Contraceptive Hormone Use and Cardiovascular Disease [2009]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • The efficacy of non-contraceptive uses for hormonal contraceptives [2003]

• Pediatrics
  • Hormonal Contraception and Thrombotic Risk: A Multidisciplinary Approach [2011]

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