Systematic Reviews of Oral Contraceptives

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.
Reviewed October 2011

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Title:   Repeated use of pre- and postcoital hormonal contraception for prevention of pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Currently, no oral birth control method is approved for using only when needed, i.e., at the time of sex. However, many women may want to use such a method. Our review looked at studies of different drugs taken around the sex act to find out how well th...
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Triphasic versus monophasic oral contraceptives for contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Side effects of birth control pills may keep women from using them as planned. Attempts to decrease side effects led to the three-phase pill in the 1980s. Pills with three phases provide different amounts of hormones over three weeks. One-phase pills ha...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Steroidal contraceptives: effect on bone fractures in women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hormone contraceptives have been related to bone changes in women. Whether such changes lead to more bone fractures later in life is not clear. However, bone health is a major public health concern. Bone density declines with age, and the change increas...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Oral contraceptives for functional ovarian cysts
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women of reproductive age usually release an egg about once a month. The ovary gets an egg from the inside of the ovary to its surface by creating a blister or fluid-filled space around the developing egg. When the blister (or cyst) reaches the surface ...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Combination contraceptives: effects on weight
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Weight gain is thought to be a side effect of birth control methods. Many women and healthcare providers believe that pills and patches cause weight gain. Concern about weight gain can limit the use of these effective birth control methods. Fear of weig...
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Quadriphasic versus monophasic oral contraceptives for contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Standard birth control pills contain two hormones: progestogen and estrogen. One-phase birth control pills contain the same dose of progestogen and estrogen every day. Four-phase birth control pills contain different amounts of progestogen and estrogen...
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Biphasic versus triphasic oral contraceptives for contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Side effects of birth control pills may keep women from using them as planned. Attempts to decrease side effects led to the three-phase pill in the 1980s. Pills with phases provide different amounts of hormones over three weeks. Whether three-phase pill...
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Biphasic versus monophasic oral contraceptives for contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Side effects of birth control pills may keep women from using them as planned. Attempts to decrease side effects led to the two-phase pill. Pills with phases provide different amounts of hormones over three weeks. Whether two-phase pills lead to fewer p...
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Types of progestogens in combined oral contraception: effectiveness and side-effects
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Combined oral contraceptives (COC) have an oestrogen and a progestogen component. The type of progestogen and/or amount of oestrogen or progestogen can vary per pack of oral contraceptive pills. The objective of this review was to compare currently avai...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   20 mcg versus >20 mcg estrogen combined oral contraceptives for contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Concerns about safety have led to making birth control pills with less of the hormone estrogen. Pills with less estrogen might not work as well to prevent pregnancy and could cause bleeding problems. This review looked at studies that compared pills wit...
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Combined hormonal versus nonhormonal versus progestin-only contraception in lactation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Birth control for women who are breastfeeding is important worldwide. Each year, millions of women decide whether to use birth control after having a baby. The decision includes the type of birth control and when to start using it. Researchers and healt...
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Oral contraceptive pill for heavy menstrual bleeding
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Heavy menstrual bleeding is a common cause for referral to gynaecologists in countries like the UK. It is a debilitating social and health condition, and it can result in anaemia. The oral contraceptive pill can provide control of the menstrual cycle an...
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Combined oral contraceptive pills for treatment of acne
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acne is a common skin problem for women. Several treatments are available. Combined birth control pills, which have the hormones estrogen and progestin, are often prescribed for women with acne. This review looked at how well birth control pills worked ...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Oral contraceptive pill, progestogen or estrogen pre-treatment for ovarian stimulation protocols for women undergoing assisted reproductive techniques
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are important techniques for women who have trouble getting pregnant. IVF and ICSI cycles consist of a few steps. First the woman receives hormone therapy to stimulate her ovaries...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Oral contraceptive pill for primary dysmenorrhoea
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dysmenorrhoea is painful menstruation (woman's monthly bleeding) with the symptoms including cramping, headaches, nausea and vomiting. An excess of the hormone prostaglandin is a known cause. The synthetic hormones in combined oral contraceptive pills s...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Treatment of vaginal bleeding irregularities induced by progestin only contraceptives.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   As the use of progestin-only methods of contraception continues to increase worldwide, the problem of the adverse effect vaginal bleeding disturbances these methods induce is becoming of increasing public health relevance (affects pill's acceptability, ...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Oral contraceptives for pain associated with endometriosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Endometriosis is a common women's healthcare condition which is defined as the growth of endometrium (lining of the uterus) at sites outside the uterus, such as the ovaries. Endometriosis is commonly found in women with painful periods, pain with sexual...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Insulin-sensitising drugs versus the combined oral contraceptive pill for hirsutism, acne and risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and endometrial cancer in polycystic ovary syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women with polycystic ovary syndrome suffer from excessive hairiness (hirsutism), irregular periods, and acne. They are also at greater risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and endometrial cancer. In women with polycystic ovary syndrome ...
Date:   Nov 2006

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