Women often ask whether hormonal contraceptives are safe after age 35

May 2008

Women often ask whether hormonal contraceptives are safe after age 35.

Older women often use these contraceptives for birth control...to regulate menses...or reduce perimenopausal symptoms.

But the annual risk of thrombosis with combo OCs quadruples with age...to 100 per 100,000 women over age 39.

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