HSCI 120 Lecture Notes - Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Dysmenorrhea, Medical Abortion

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Combination birth control pills or oral contraceptives: birth control pills that contain a combination of estrogen and progestin. Triphasic pill: birth control pill where period comes once every 4 months. Works by preventing ovulation estrogen, which controls ovulation, is low just before and after ovulation, with the pill, estrogen is made/kept high throughout. Failure rate: pregnancy rate of those who use the contraception and get pregnant. Failure rate for perfect users: those who use the contraceptive as directed perfectly (0. 1%) Failure rate for typical users: those who sometimes forget to eat the pill (3%) Higher chance of blood clotting (thrombi) particularly for women over 35 who smoke. Same hormones as the pill, but is stuck on skin for 7 days must place new patch once a week for 3 weeks then have a patch-free week of week 4. Same hormones as the pill, but is inserted in vagina for 21 days then removed for 7 days.

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