Columbia University, New York

Rapid return to menses once oral contraception is stopped

Published in Law and Health Weekly, June 3rd, 2006

A study by a Columbia University Medical Center researcher shows that 99% of participants experienced either a return to menstruation or became pregnant within 90 days after stopping an investigational, low-dose oral contraceptive taken every day without placebo.

Findings from the first large clinical examination were presented at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Anne R. Davis, MD, assistant professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University Medical Center, presented the findings abstract relating to a non-cyclic oral contraceptive, [90 µg levonorgestrel/20...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2006-06-03)

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