Women often ask whether hormonal contraceptives are safe after age 35
May 2008
Women often ask whether hormonal contraceptives are safe after age 35.
The annual thrombosis risk with combo oral contraceptives (OCs) quadruples with age...to 100 per 100,000 women over age 39.
Obesity further doubles venous thrombosis risk.
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