Drospirenone-containing oral contraceptive pills and the risk of venous and arterial thrombosis: a systematic review.

CONCLUSIONS: Our systematic review suggests that drospirenone-containing OCP use is associated with a higher risk for VTE than both no OCP use and levonorgestrel-containing OCP use. PMID: 23530659 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23530659?dopt=Abstract

Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - May 25, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Wu C, Grandi S, Filion K, Abenhaim H, Joseph L, Eisenberg M Tags: BJOG Source Type: research