Information from published studies testing the effect of hormonal and mechanical interceptive methods in post-coital contraception was pooled with the aim of assessing the efficacy of various regimens. The pooled failure rates were 0.6% (19/3168 based on four studies) for high-dosage ethinylestradiol, 1.1% (11/975, based on two studies) for other high-dose estrogens, 1.8% (69/3802 based on 11 studies) for combined estro-progestin preparations, 2.0% (20/998 based on three studies) for danazol and 0.1% (1/879 based on nine studies) for intra-uterine devices (IUD). Although this overview has several limitations in terms of over-representation of optimistic results in the literature or absence of direct comparison between treatments in several studies, it suggests that IUD and high-dose ethinylestradiol are more efficacious forms of post-coital contraception than danazol or combined contraceptives.

Post-coital contraception : an overview of published studies / M. Fasoli, F. Parazzini, G. Cecchetti, C. La Vecchia. - In: CONTRACEPTION. - ISSN 0010-7824. - 39:4(1989 Apr), pp. 459-468.

Post-coital contraception : an overview of published studies

F. Parazzini;C. La Vecchia
1989

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Information from published studies testing the effect of hormonal and mechanical interceptive methods in post-coital contraception was pooled with the aim of assessing the efficacy of various regimens. The pooled failure rates were 0.6% (19/3168 based on four studies) for high-dosage ethinylestradiol, 1.1% (11/975, based on two studies) for other high-dose estrogens, 1.8% (69/3802 based on 11 studies) for combined estro-progestin preparations, 2.0% (20/998 based on three studies) for danazol and 0.1% (1/879 based on nine studies) for intra-uterine devices (IUD). Although this overview has several limitations in terms of over-representation of optimistic results in the literature or absence of direct comparison between treatments in several studies, it suggests that IUD and high-dose ethinylestradiol are more efficacious forms of post-coital contraception than danazol or combined contraceptives.
Iud ; Contraceptive Agents ; Research Methodology ; Humans ; Physiology ; Contraceptive Agents, Female ; Oral Contraceptives ; Contraceptive Methods ; Hormones ; Developed Countries ; Evaluation ; Literature Review ; Family Planning ; Contraception Failure--statistics ; Drug Administration Schedule ; Oral Contraceptives, Combined ; Statistical Studies ; Endocrine System ; Ethinyl Estradiol ; Studies ; Contraceptives, Postcoital ; Contraceptive Agents, Estrogen ; Pregnancy ; Contraception ; Fertility Control, Postcoital ; Qualitative Evaluation ; Contraceptive Agents, Postcoital ; Contraceptive Usage ; Female ; Comparative Studies ; Biology
Settore MED/01 - Statistica Medica
Settore MED/40 - Ginecologia e Ostetricia
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