Sex & fertility
Choosing birth control — References & further reading
References
Jick, S., et al. 2006. Risk of nonfatal venous thromboembolism with oral contraceptives containing norgestimate or desogestrel compared to oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel. Contraception, 73 (6), 566–570.
Jick, S., et al. 2006. Risk of nonfatal venous thromboembolism in women using a contraceptive transdermal patch and oral contraceptives containing norgestimate and 35 microg of ethinyl estradiol. Contraception, 73 (3), 223–228.
Maine Center for Reproductive Health. May 2006. How dangerous is Ortho Evra? Newsletter.
Medscape.com. 2006. Should symptomatic menopausal women be offered hormone therapy? Medscape General Medicine, 8 (3), 40. URL: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/537095_4 (accessed 02.08.2007).
Winer, R., 2006. Condom use and the risk of genital human papillomavirus infection in young women. NEJM, 354 (25), 2645–2654. URL: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/354/25/2645 (accessed 02.19.2007; abstract only; subscription required for full access).
Additional resources for women
Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era, 2005 edition.
From the Boston’s Women’s Health Book Collective.
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, by Christiane Northrup, MD.
CDC website for STD’s:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/disease_info.htm#GenInfo
Planned Parenthood website section on STD’s:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sexual-health/stis-stds-101.htm
Planned Parenthood section on birth control options:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/birth-control-
pregnancy/birth-control-4211.htm
Additional resources for practitioners
Contraceptive Technology, 18th Revised edition, by Robert Hatcher, MD.
This is a must-have for those working in any facet of women’s health.
Managing Contraceptive Pill Patients, 12th edition, by Richard Dickey, MD.
This is “the Dickey pill book” and a must-have for those regularly prescribing and trouble-shooting the pill, patch, or ring.
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Choosing birth control
Original Publication Date: 11/01/2005
Last Modified: 03/27/2008
Principal Author: Marcy Holmes, NP, Certified Menopause Clinician