Personal selection of hormonal contraception

• Main Author: I V Kuznetsova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: IP Berlin A.V. 2017-08-01
• Series: Гинекология
• Subjects: hormonal contraception; combined oral contraceptives; therapeutic effects of hormonal contraception; chloromadinone; dienogest; drospirenone; desogestrel; gestodene
• Online Access: https://gynecology.orscience.ru/2079-5831/article/viewFile/28639/pdf

Hormonal contraception is a highly effective means of protecting against unwanted pregnancy and has been widely used throughout the world for more than 50 years. Unfortunately, in Russia, women still do not often use hormonal contraceptives as residents of Europe, North and South America. One of the reasons for the lack of proper distribution of hormonal contraceptives in our country remains insufficient awareness of the useful properties of contraception, along with an exaggerated view of the negative consequences of taking hormones, as well as a lack of time for the medical worker to provide adequate counseling. To overcome this problem, it is necessary to create easy-to-use algorithms of the practitioner's actions that help to simplify and optimize the choice of hormonal contraceptive for each specific woman depending on her health status, reproductive status and age. This publication contains an example of such an algorithm, including options for prescribing oral contraceptive drugs for different groups of women.