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Deryabina E.G.

Ural Research Institute for Maternal and Child Care

Ethinylestradiol and oral contraception: what we know after 60 years of use? (a review)

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Deryabina E.G.

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Journal: Russian Journal of Human Reproduction. 2024;30(4): 90‑100

DOI: 10.17116/repro20243004190

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ETHINYLESTRADIOL AND ORAL CONTRACEPTION: WHAT WE KNOW AFTER 60 YEARS OF USE? (A REVIEW)
ETHINYLESTRADIOL AND ORAL CONTRACEPTION: WHAT WE KNOW AFTER 60 YEARS OF USE? (A REVIEW)

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Deryabina EG. Ethinylestradiol and oral contraception: what we know after 60 years of use? (a review). Russian Journal of Human Reproduction. 2024;30(4):90‑100. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/repro20243004190

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Abstract:

More than 60 years have passed since the appearance of the first combined oral contraceptive (COC). Since then, the use of birth control pills has become widespread throughout the world, providing a simple, safe, effective and reversible regulation of fertility. Appearing in the composition of the first hormonal contraceptive pill as an accidental impurity in the form of its predecessor mestranol, ethinyl estradiol (EE) remained in the composition of COCs for 60 years. The first COCs contained higher concentrations of hormones than today and were associated with side effects. To reduce these effects, significant changes were made to the composition of COCs: the content of EE was reduced by 5 or more times, new highly selective progestogens and endogenous estrogens were developed. Today, COC preparations have become low-dose, safe and diverse, which allows you to choose the most suitable option for each individual woman. But most COCs still include EE as an estrogen component. This literature review 60 years of experience with EE in COCs and provides new data on the subject.

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ethinylestradiol
hormonal contraception
combined oral contraceptives

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Deryabina E.G.

Ural Research Institute for Maternal and Child Care

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29.06.2023

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05.09.2023

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