Title | Steroid Contraceptives and Women's Response [electronic resource] : Regional Variability in Side-Effects and Pharmacokinetics / edited by Rachel Snow, Peter Hall |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1994 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2445-8 |
Descript | IX, 266 p. online resource |
Why Pharmacokinetics? An Introduction and Overview -- Why Pharmacokinetics? An Introduction and Overview -- Experience with Contraceptive Side Effects -- Selection of a Contraceptive: What Guides a Woman? -- Contraceptives and Women's Complaints: Preliminary Results from the Post-Marketing Surveillance of Norplantยฎ -- Regional and Individual Variation in Bleeding Patterns Associated With Steroid Contraception -- Variability in Menstrual Bleeding Patterns: Comparing Treated and Untreated Menstrual Cycles -- Contraceptive Use and Discontinuation: The Social Meaning of Side-Effects -- Variability in Steroid Pharmacokinetics -- Population and Delivery Systems: Variability in the Pharmacokinetics of Long-Acting Injectable Contraceptives -- Pharmacology of Ethynl Estrogens in Various Countries -- Pharmacokinetics of Norplantยฎ Implants -- Pharmacokinetic Drug Interactions with Oral Contraceptives -- A Critical Evaluation of the Pharmacokinetics of Contraceptive Steroids -- A Short Review on the Sources of Variability in Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Sex Steroids: Comment on the Paper by K. Fotherby -- Lessons from Endogenous Metabolism -- Diet and Estrogen Metabolism -- Diet, Circulating Estrogen Levels and Estrogen Excretion -- Variations in Estrogen Metabolism: Commentary on B. Goldin -- Body Fat, Fat Topography and Endogenous Steroid Metabolism -- Implications for Policy and Programs -- Steroid Contraceptives and Women's Response: Program Considerations from the Quality of Care Perspective -- Bringing a Client and Life-Cycle Perspective to Scientific Evidence -- Commentary on Presentation of Dr. Pramilla Senanayake -- A Clinician's Perspective -- Future Research Directions -- Regional Population Differences and Population Pharmacokinetics of Steroidal Contraceptives -- Variability in Steroid Pharmacokinetics: Needs for Future Research -- Experimental Design for Future Research -- Looking Forward: New Research Priorities -- Contributors