Open AccessPeripheral arterial disease in a female using high-dose combined oral contraceptive pills
Author(s) -
P Pallavee,
Sunita Samal,
Rupal Samal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.111910
Subject(s) - pill , medicine , oral contraceptive pill , malignancy , peripheral , disease , family planning , gynecology , obstetrics , physiology , population , research methodology , pharmacology , environmental health
The association between oral contraceptive (OC) pills and vascular diseases is well-known, although, the present generation of pills is considered to be relatively safer in this regard. Hormonal treatment for severe abnormal uterine bleeding is usually considered after ruling out malignancy, when such bleeding is resistant to all other forms of treatment. We report a case of severe peripheral arterial disease in a female, who had been on high-dose OC pills for an extended period of time for severe uterine bleeding.