Stroke (Risk Factors)

No Link Found Between Low-Dose Contraceptives and Stroke Risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 16th, 1998

Women taking low-dose oral contraceptives are not at a greater risk of having a stroke, researchers asserted in the November 1998 issue of Stroke.

Ever since "the Pill" was introduced in the United States in the 1960s, there has been concern about the potential increased risk of heart attack and stroke associated with taking oral contraceptives. According to the study's authors, earlier research showed a significant, three- to five-fold increase in stroke risk in women taking oral contraceptives.

A new formulation of contraceptive, one with less estrogen and less progestin, has been prescribed increasingly since the 1980s. It's been unclear, said...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1998-11-16)

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