Nebenerscheinungen der ovulationshemmenden Präparate

Hauser, G.; Schubiger, V.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-53813-1_26

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“…Depression is a known side-effect of oral contraceptive therapy (Kaye, 1963;Hauser and Schubiger, 1965;Kane et al, 1967;Nilsson et al, 1967). The present study was designed, firstly, as a pilot investigation for a comprehensive prospective survey of depressive symptoms during oral contraceptive therapy; secondly, to assess a self-rating scale for measuring such symptoms; and, finally, to determine a cut-off score on the self-rating scale (to be used in the prospective survey) to separate a most severely depressed group.…”

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Depressive Symptoms and Oral Contraceptives

Herzberg¹,

Johnson²,

Brown³

1970

BMJ

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Summary: Of 261 women who completed a self-rating scale for measuring depression, 168 were taking oral contraceptives and 93 were using physical methods of contraception. Of the group of women taking oral contraceptives 6.6% were more severely depressed than any of the control group. There was a significant variation in the depth of depression related to the day of the menstrual cycle in the control group. This association was not found in the oral contraceptive group, where premenstrual depression was limited to the one or two days preceding menstruation.Women taking a contraceptive containing lynoestrenol 2-5 mg. and mestranol 0.075 mg. showed a significantly increased incidence of pessimism, feelings of dissatisfaction, crying, and tension, compared with women taking other oral contraceptives and the control group.

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confidence: 99%