'No hidden hazards’ to contraceptive pill
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, May 22. British scientists have reported that in a four-year study on 46,000 women they found no hidden hazards in the contraceptive pill and that the pill probably provides more beneficial effects than adverse ones.
The study, carried out by the Royal College of General Practitioners with the aid of the Medical Research Council, said yesterday:
“Not a single previously unsuspected important adverse effect of the pill has been revealed by the study so far, and several suspected risks have been shown to be small or non-existent.”
These include migraine headaches, depression, vaginal discharge and loss of sex drive.
pill could actually bring an improvement in conditions like menstrual disorders, anaemia, acne and noncancerous lumps in the breast. There was no statistical evidence so far of any link between the pill and cancer, itl said.
The report said that women must not assume that the pill is totally without risks. A small minority of users might develop rises in blood pressure, deep vein thrombosis and gall bladder dis-' ease.
The report said that the
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33541, 23 May 1974, Page 13
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