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Title: | From a community pharmacist : oral contraceptives |
Keywords: | Oral contraceptives -- Side effects Oral contraceptives -- Physiological effect Contraception -- Failures Oral contraceptives, Male |
Issue Date: | 1983-01 |
Publisher: | Chamber of Pharmacists - Trade Union |
Citation: | Cardona, M. (ed.) (1983). From a community pharmacist : oral contraceptives. The Pharmacist, 5, 24-28. |
Abstract: | The most widely used type of oral contraceptives is the combined estrogen-progestogen product. Table 1 gives an indication of the range of combination products available today. The combination contraceptive products have a high efficacy resulting from 3 effects: 1. the suppression of ovulation by estrogen and progesetagen; 2. the effect of the progestogen on the endometrium in such a way that it cannot readily support the nidation and growth of a fertilised ovum; 3. the thickening effect of the progestogen on the cervical mucus which prevents the sperm from passing through. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48027 |
Appears in Collections: | The Pharmacist, Issue 5 The Pharmacist, Issue 5 |
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