COMBINATION HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


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The review of world literature has shown that there are currently unavailable scientifically founded data suggesting that it is necessary to discontinue the use of combined oral contraceptives (COC) every several years. On the contrary, the present-day specialists’ viewpoint that it is possible and necessary to use COC without interruption so long as there is a need for contraception is quite valid.

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L. L BOSTANDZHYAN

Academician V. I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia

Email: l_bostanjian@oparina4.ru

V. N PRILEPSKAYA

Academician V. I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia

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