THE OCP
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WHAT PERCENT OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ISE THE PILL AT SOME STAGE IN THEIR LIVES
50-80%
WHAT IS THE CMOST COMMON COMBINATION FOR OCP
OESTROGEN-PROGESTERONE COMBINATION
WHAT IS THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF THE OCP
INTERFERES WITH THE HORMONAL AXIS BETWEEN THE HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR PITUATARY, AND GONADS IT PRODUCES CONSTANT PLASMA LEVSLS OF OVARIAN HORMONES THAT MAKE A WOMEN APPEAR PREGNANT SO MATURE FOLLICLES DO NOT DEVELOP, OVULATION CEASES
WHAT ARE THE SERIOUS ADVERSE AFFECTS OF THE OCP
VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (COUPLED WITH SMOKING, BMI, AND AGE) ARTERIAL THOMBOSIS (AMI, ISCHAEMIC STROKE)
WHY CAN THE PILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR CLOTS
BECAUSE OESTROGEN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE PROTEINS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOTTING, SO EXCESS OESTROGEN = INCREASED CLOTTING PROTEINS
WHAT ARE COMMON ADVERSE AFFECTS OF THE OCP
NAUSEA BREAST ENLARGEMENT WEIGHT GAIN BLOATING LIBIDO LOSS HA