[The frequency of miscarriages in the users of oral contraception]

Overuse of oral contraceptives (OC) is currently raising medical problems due to this medication's side effects on the immune system of future mothers. The high rate of miscarriages recorded among OC users is only one facet of the immune disorders often found in these women. This article emphasizes the precautions that should be taken with such medications in teen-agers. If the pregnancy is accompanied with an immune dysfunction exposing the future mother to subsequent infections, this will occur in patients weakened by OC, and will result in troublesome immune disorders. Therefore the notion of OC and miscarriage in pregnant women must lead to consider these as high at risk patients.