lengthening oral contraceptive cycles
July 2000
There's a lot of interest in lengthening oral contraceptive cycles...so women will have fewer periods.
The traditional 28-day pill regimen was arbitrarily chosen to mimic the natural menstrual cycle...and, therefore, make it more acceptable to women.
But the pill suppresses endometrial thickening, so monthly bleeding isn't necessary to slough it off.
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