THE OCP

Question 1

WHAT PERCENT OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ISE THE PILL AT SOME STAGE IN THEIR LIVES

Answer 1

50-80%

Question 2

WHAT IS THE CMOST COMMON COMBINATION FOR OCP

Answer 2

OESTROGEN-PROGESTERONE COMBINATION

Question 3

WHAT IS THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF THE OCP

Answer 3

INTERFERES WITH THE HORMONAL AXIS BETWEEN THE HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR PITUATARY, AND GONADS

IT PRODUCES CONSTANT PLASMA LEVSLS OF OVARIAN HORMONES THAT MAKE A WOMEN APPEAR PREGNANT

SO MATURE FOLLICLES DO NOT DEVELOP, OVULATION CEASES

Question 4

WHAT ARE THE SERIOUS ADVERSE AFFECTS OF THE OCP

Answer 4

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (COUPLED WITH SMOKING, BMI, AND AGE)
ARTERIAL THOMBOSIS (AMI, ISCHAEMIC STROKE)

Question 5

WHY CAN THE PILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR CLOTS

Answer 5

BECAUSE OESTROGEN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE PROTEINS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOTTING, SO EXCESS OESTROGEN = INCREASED CLOTTING PROTEINS

Question 6

WHAT ARE COMMON ADVERSE AFFECTS OF THE OCP

Answer 6

NAUSEA
BREAST ENLARGEMENT
WEIGHT GAIN
BLOATING
LIBIDO LOSS
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