Contraceptive compliance with a levonorgestrel triphasic and a norethindrone monophasic oral contraceptive in adolescent patients
American Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyPublished 1 March 1992
Elizabeth R. Woods, Estherann Grace, Kathryn Klein Havens, James Merola, S. Jean Emans
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Adolescents experienced fewer side effects with the triphasic pill than with the monophasic one, but compliance was the same, and socioeconomic factors were the overriding predictors of compliance.
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Adolescents experienced fewer side effects with the triphasic pill than with the monophasic one, but compliance was the same.
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