Hormone replacement therapy is not the first-line treatment for women with symptomatic perimenopause because hormone replacement therapy neither suppresses ovulation nor provides contraception; also, it will not prevent and in fact may aggravate unpredictable perimenopausal bleeding. Oral contraceptives offer ...
We calculated odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the effects of OCs on the incidence of RA. The development of RA in Korean women rapidly increased during the perimenopause. After propensity score matching, the use of OCs was associated with RA (OR 1.24, 95% CI ...
Gynaecology: Diagnosis of Menopause in Perimenopausal Women Taking Oral Contraceptivesdoi:10.1016/S0849-5831(16)30881-3PerimenopausemenopauseoralcontraceptitvshormonereplacevnentThe low-dose oral contraceptive (OC;) is frequently being used by low-risk, non-smoking, perimenopausal women for a variety of...