医学
地塞米松
突破性出血
不利影响
恶心
炔雌醇
内科学
甘油三酯
入射(几何)
雌激素
内分泌学
生理学
人口
胆固醇
计划生育
研究方法
物理
光学
环境卫生
出处
期刊:Contraception
[Elsevier]
日期:1992-11-01
卷期号:46 (5): 477-488
被引量:40
标识
DOI:10.1016/0010-7824(92)90151-i
摘要
The performance of a new low-dose oral contraceptive (Mercilon) containing only 20μg ethinyloestradiol combined with 150μg desogestrel is reviewed. Eight multicentre clinical trials have been completed and provide information on 10,672 women studied over 73,477 cycles. The high efficacy of Mercilon was indicated by the finding that only 10 pregnancies were reported; nine of these occurred in women who omitted to take Mercilon on a number of days and only one in a woman who took all the tablets according to instructions. Cycle control was good; as with all oral contraceptives, the incidence of breakthrough bleeding and spotting was highest in the first treatment cycle and by the sixth treatment cycle, the values were usually < 5% and < 7%. More than 80% of women had regular cycles. Side effects were few, the most common being headache, nausea and breast tenderness with incidences in the sixth treatment cycle of less than 2%, 6% and 6%, respectively. There were no significant changes in body weight or blood pressure. Pharmacodynamic investigations showed no adverse effects. Only 1 of 5 studies found an increased response to a glucose tolerance test compared to the pretreatment test. In 8 of 10 studies, serum HDL-C concentrations increased on treatment and this was associated with increases in apoproteins A1 and A2. Serum triglyceride levels also increased but no change occurred in serum cholesterol or LDL-C levels. Haematological factors were assessed in 8 studies and only minor changes were observed. Serum binding protein (SHBG, CBG, caeruloplasmin) concentrations increased and serum androgen levels decreased. Measurements of blood FSH, LH, oestradiol and progesterone indicated adequate inhibition of ovulation. Mercilon is the only oral contraceptive containing 20 μg ethinyloestradiol to have high efficacy, to have no adverse pharmacodynamic effects and, importantly, to produce an acceptable bleeding pattern not significantly different from that of oral contraceptives with a higher content of ethinyloestradiol.
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