Oral contraceptive or birth control pills contain hormones that prevent pregnancy. It is one of the most reliable methods of contraception.

C = Continuation (continuing with COC use in a woman who develops a new medical condition); COC = Combine oral contraceptive ... contraceptive methods, as the progestin-only pill, intrauterine ...

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Emergency contraception (postcoital contraception, the "morning-after pill") has been available for ... to be practiced on a routine basis (i.e., oral contraceptives) or during intercourse ...

School of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) on skeletal health, soft tissue injury, and performance ...

The oral contraceptive pill was approved for distribution in Australia in 1961, on the written prescription of a medical practitioner. “Access was therefore under the control of doctors ...

Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman “As a result, one in three Australian women aged 18-39 who use the combined oral contraceptive pill are paying for a non-PBS listed pill which costs them ...