Via practica 4-5/2008

HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION IN FAMILY PLANNING – OPTIONS, RISKS AND BENEFITS

Family planning is one of the basic human rights. Hormonal contraception belongs to the most wide-spread and most reliable method of family planning. The article brings an overview of combined hormonal contraception and gestagen-only contraception and their undesirable effects and non-contraceptive benefits as well.

Keywords: estrogens, progestins, combined oral contraceptive.