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Systematic Reviews of Contraceptive Agents
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of contraceptive agents.
Reviewed October 2011
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Systematic Reviews of Oral Contraceptives
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Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.
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| Title: | Diaphragm versus diaphragm with spermicides for contraception |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The diaphragm is an important type of birth control. The woman controls the method and it does not involve taking a drug. Also, the birth control can be reversed right away. The diaphragm is often used with a spermicide - a chemical to kill sperm. Many ... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Progestin-only pills for contraception |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Progestin-only pills, as their name implies, contain just one hormone; in contrast, the more common combined birth control pills contain two hormones. How these one-hormone pills compare to each other or to two-hormone pills is not clear. Hence, we did ... |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Strategies to improve adherence and acceptability of hormonal methods of contraception |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hormonal types of birth control are used by many women worldwide. The most common hormonal methods are birth control pills and injections. These methods often do not work as well as they could. Women may have problems using the birth control as planned.... |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Combination injectable contraceptives for contraception |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Birth control methods that can be injected may contain two hormones, a progestin and an estrogen. These combined injectable contraceptives (CICs) are effective in preventing pregnancy and can be stopped when a woman wants to get pregnant. This review lo... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Immediate start of hormonal contraceptives for contraception |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Health care providers often tell women to wait until their next menstrual cycle to begin birth control pills. The main reason is to avoid using birth control during an undetected pregnancy. Another method involves starting the pills right away ('immedia... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Progestin-only contraceptives: effects on weight |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Progestin-only contraceptives (POCs) can be used by women who cannot or should not take the hormone estrogen. Many POCs are long acting, cost less than some other methods, and work well to prevent pregnancy. Some people worry that weight gain is a side ... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Hormonal contraceptives for contraception in overweight or obese women |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Excess body weight has become a problem around the world. Being overweight or obese may affect how well hormonal birth control works to prevent pregnancy. Hormonal birth control includes birth control pills, the skin patch, the vaginal ring, implants,... |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Copper containing intra-uterine devices versus depot progestogens for contraception |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Reversible, long-term contraception is relied on by millions of women to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Two very common methods of pregnancy prevention are the use of a copper-containing intrauterine device (IUD) or an injection of a progestogen hormone. W... |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Skin patch and vaginal ring versus combined oral contraceptives for contraception |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The skin patch and the vaginal (birth canal) ring are two methods of birth control. Both methods contain the hormones estrogen and progestin. The patch is a small, thin, adhesive square that is applied to the skin. The contraceptive vaginal ring is a fl... |
| Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Title: | Steroid hormones for contraception in women with sickle cell disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Whether women with sickle cell anemia should use hormonal birth control is unknown. Sickle cell anemia is a blood disease. This type of anemia also causes bone pain known as sickle pain crises. A concern is that women with this disease using hormonal bi... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Progestogen-releasing intrauterine systems versus other forms of reversible contraceptives for contraception |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Reversible methods of contraception include the use of a system or device placed inside the uterus. The IUD is a copper device inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. The intrauterine system (IUS) contains hormones that will be gradually released... |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Steroidal contraceptives: effect on carbohydrate metabolism in women without diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hormone contraceptives may change how the body handles carbohydrates (starches and sugars). Changes may include lower ability to use sugar from food and more problems with the body's insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps the body use sugar. Problems ... |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Title: | Steroid hormones for contraception in men |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Researchers have tried to develop contraceptives for men that would be like birth control pills for women. Hormone birth control for men has been hard to achieve. Giving sex hormones to men can lower the sperm produced. However, this approach also lower... |
| Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Title: | Hormonal versus non-hormonal contraceptives in women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | It is important for women with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 to receive good advice which contraceptive method is best to use. Unplanned pregnancies can lead to serious health issues for both mother and child in women with diabetes. Yet, hormonal contr... |
| Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Title: | Oral contraceptives containing drospirenone for premenstrual syndrome |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a common problem. A severe form of PMS is called premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Birth control pills with the hormones progestin and estrogen have been studied for treating such symptoms. A birth control pill with ... |
| Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Title: | Subdermal implantable contraceptives versus other forms of reversible contraceptives or other implants as effective methods for preventing pregnancy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | All the trials identified compared different types of contraceptive implant. No trials were found that compared implants to other contraceptive methods. All the implants were highly effective methods of contraception in the selected women. The majority ... |
| Date: | Apr 2007 |
| Title: | Pre-operative endometrial thinning agents before endometrial destruction for heavy menstrual bleeding |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding) is one of the most common reasons for pre-menopausal women to be referred to a gynaecologist. Endometrial thinning before to hysteroscopic surgery improves both the operating conditions for the surgeon and short te... |
| Title: | Nonoxynol-9 for preventing vaginal acquisition of HIV infection by women from men |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The spermicide nonoxynol-9 does not prevent women becoming infected with sexually transmitted infections, and when used very frequently has been shown to cause open genital sores (which may theoretically increase the chance of acquiring sexually transmi... |
| Date: | May 2002 |
| Title: | Nonoxynol-9 for preventing vaginal acquisition of sexually transmitted infections by women from men |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There is good evidence that nonoxynol-9 does not protect against sexually transmitted infections (STI), and there is some evidence that it may be harmful by increasing the rate of genital ulceration. As such, this product cannot be recommended for STI p... |
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