Oral contraceptive users have an increased risk of heart disease

Published in Obstetrics & Gynecology: April 2008 - Volume 111 - Issue 4 - pp 857-864 doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31816a2476

Effects of Third-Generation Oral Contraceptives on High-Sensitivity C-reactive Protein and Homocysteine in Young Women

Cauci, Sabina PhD; Di Santolo, Manuela MS; Culhane, Jennifer F. PhD, MPH; Stel, Giuliana MS; Gonano, Fabio MD; Guaschino, Secondo MD
From the ¹Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, School of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy; ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ³Department of Experimental and Clinical Pathology and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy; and ⁴Obstetric and Gynecologic Unit, Department of Reproductive and Development Sciences, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
 
This study can be accessed at: http://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/fulltext/2008/04000/effects_of_third_generation_oral_contraceptives_on.9.aspx

The author concluded that oral contraceptive users have an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (blood clots), cardiovascular disease, and other oral contraceptive-associated adverse conditions in young women.

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