Certain oral contraceptives are more likely to cause serious blood clots than others, a new study confirms.
The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that women on birth control pills containing the hormone drospirenone have at least double the risk of venous thromboembolism compared with women taking older pills made with the hormone levonorgestrel.
The study was commissioned by the European Medicines Agency and conducted by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. It supports previous findings that birth control pills containing drospirenone can increase the risk of blood clots. Those risks are still small, but elevated.
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The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that women on birth control pills containing the hormone drospirenone have at least double the risk of venous thromboembolism compared with women taking older pills made with the hormone levonorgestrel.
The study was commissioned by the European Medicines Agency and conducted by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. It supports previous findings that birth control pills containing drospirenone can increase the risk of blood clots. Those risks are still small, but elevated.
Watch Marketplace's related investigation, "Spinning A Pill"
Read more at CBC.ca
