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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-2-23
pubmed:abstractText
Estradiol-(E2) plasma levels were assessed in forty-seven women treated for one through seven years with the same set of Norplant implants. Each woman was subjected to one (n = 34), two (n = 11) or three (n = 2) sampling runs. At each sampling run, blood samples were drawn every third or fourth day during 5 or 6 consecutive weeks. Sampling runs were classified as ovulatory (n = 11), anovulatory (n = 49) or uncertain (n = 1) according to progesterone levels. Controls were Copper T users (n = 8), all classified as ovulatory. No significant differences were found for the mean E2 levels between Norplant users and Copper T users and between ovulatory and anovulatory cases. The mean of the peak E2 value found in each sampling run was significantly higher in anovulatory Norplant subjects than in the control group. The mean of the minimum E2 level observed was significantly lower in Norplant cases than in Copper T users. A single woman from the Norplant group and none from the Copper T group had all E2 values below 370 pmol/l. The inhibition of the reproductive function induced by Norplant implants is associated with a wider range of E2 circulating levels. None of the values observed at the extremes should cause serious concerns. High peaks are transitory and opposed by the antiestrogenic effect of levonorgestrel. Persistent low levels which could be associated with a hypoestrogenic state were observed in a single case.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0010-7824
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
465-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Estradiol plasma levels during long-term treatment with Norplant subdermal implants.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva, Santiago.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article