Use of Ethinyl Estradiol to Prevent Lactation in Puerperal Patients

Kurzrok, Lawrence; Birnberg, Charles H.; Livingston, Saul F.

doi:10.1210/jcem-2-7-471

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“…Prevention of lactation and breast engorgement by therapy with ethinyl estradiol has been reported by Kurzrok and associates (37). They stated that the factors required for success were that the medication be started early, before lactation is actually under way.…”

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“…Ethinyl estradiol has been reported to have been prescribed in practically every situation for which oral estrogens are therapeutically utilized currently; as for example, for relief of menopausal symptoms (9 and 17-31); the production of withdrawal bleeding in amenorrhea (4,11,12,32,33,34); the relief of dysmenorrhea (35); the treatment of acne (36); the prevention of lactation and of breast engorgement in the puerperium (17,37); therapeutic suppression of cancer of the prostate in men (38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44) and of the breast in elderly women (45); also, it is now being used in various experimental situations, one of which is the induction of labor (17).…”

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confidence: 99%

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