ABSTRACT
The multiplicity of oral contraceptives suggests a classification for clinical routine. From the dosage of estrogens and gestagens in oral contraceptives, aberration indices were calculated from consideration of proliferation and transformation aspects. According to these a classification of oral contraceptives into 3 "estrogen" groups and 4 "gestagen" groups was made. Such a classification was made in 525 women taking oral contraceptives which took into consideration the following parameters: age, length of time during which oral contraceptives had been taken, subjective side-effects, sexual medical and psychometric aspects.
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Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal/classification , Contraceptives, Oral/classification , Adult , Contraceptives, Oral, Combined/classification , Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal/adverse effects , Contraceptives, Oral, Sequential/classification , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Estradiol Congeners/classification , Female , Humans , Libido/drug effects , Progesterone Congeners/classification , Sexual Behavior/drug effectsABSTRACT
PIP: The author presents an alphabetical list of oral contraceptives. To classify the commercial names of oral contraceptives all over the world is practically impossible for the following reasons: some agents are discontinued without the medical profession being aware of it; the same product can have various names depending on the country and the laboratory. Some products exist in different forms (21 pills including 7 inactive tablets). Finally, some laboratories change the posology of a product without changing its name.^ieng
