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Carbohydrate metabolism after three months of using a gestodene-containing monophasic oral contraceptive
W N Spellacy1, R A Schwandt, J C Tsibris
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa 33606.
Advances in Contraception : the Official Journal of the Society for the Advancement of Contraception
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
Carbohydrate metabolism was prospectively evaluated in twenty-one normal women prior to and during their use for three months of a monophasic oral contraceptive containing the progestin gestodene plus ethinyl estradiol. The women had a three-hour oral glucose tolerance test using a 75 gram glucose load, measuring serum glucose and insulin levels. The results demonstrate no significant changes in either of the carbohydrate metabolic indices between the two tests. These data support the safety of this new progestin-containing contraceptive.