Dentists, pills and pregnancies

Unplanned pregnancies may occur if antibiotics are prescribed to women using the combined oral contraceptive pill. To investigate awareness of the potential for this interaction among general dental practitioners, the authors designed a cross-sectional questionnaire based study and sent it out to a...

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Published inBritish dental journal Vol. 181; no. 7; p. 236
Main Authors Stephens, I F, Binnie, V I, Kinane, D F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 05.10.1996
Subjects
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacokinetics
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Contraceptives, Oral, Combined - antagonists & inhibitors
Dentists - psychology
Drug Antagonism
Estrogens - blood
Estrogens - metabolism
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Liver - enzymology
Liver Circulation
Male
Metabolic Clearance Rate
Pregnancy
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Unplanned pregnancies may occur if antibiotics are prescribed to women using the combined oral contraceptive pill. To investigate awareness of the potential for this interaction among general dental practitioners, the authors designed a cross-sectional questionnaire based study and sent it out to a random sample of GDPs in Scotland.
ISSN:0007-0610
1476-5373
DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.4809219