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The effect of danazol on menorrhagia, coagulation mechanisms, haematological indices and body weight
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Danazol significantly reduced the menstrual blood loss from 231±39 ml (mean±SEM) to 135±33 ml in the first treatment month and the mean loss thereafter was only 21 ml and 3 ml for the second and third months respectively.About:
This article is published in British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.The article was published on 1979-01-01. It has received 45 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Danazol.read more
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Surgery versus medical therapy for heavy menstrual bleeding
TL;DR: Surgery reduces menstrual bleeding at one year more than medical treatments, but LNG-IUS appears equally beneficial in improving quality of life and may control bleeding as effectively as conservative surgery over the long term.
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Randomised comparative trial of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system and norethisterone for treatment of idiopathic menorrhagia.
G. A. Irvine,M. B. Campbell-Brown,Mary Ann Lumsden,A. Heikkilä,James J. Walker,I. T. Cameron +5 more
TL;DR: The efficacy and acceptability of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system and norethisterone for the treatment of idiopathic menorrhagia are compared.
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Lipoprotein Lp(a) levels are reduced by danazol, an anabolic steroid.
TL;DR: Serum levels of lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins were measured in 26 premenopausal women with endometriosis both before and after six months therapy with the anabolic steroid danazol and in 15 untreated women who acted as controls.
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Reduction of menstrual blood loss by danazol in unexplained menorrhagia: lack of effect of placebo
TL;DR: The results suggest that 200 mg danazol daily is the most acceptable regimen clinically since it significantly reduced menstrual blood loss and was associated with a relatively low incidence of side effects.
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Determination of Menstrual Blood Loss
L. Hallberg,L. Nilsson +1 more
TL;DR: A simple chemical method for quantifying blood loss that has been used for 2 years is described and should be useful in determining the cause of iron deficiency anemia and for studies on the effect of various treatments on excessive menstrual bleeding.
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Mortality among oral-contraceptive users. Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception Study.
TL;DR: The excess mortality-rate in women who had ever used the pill was increased by 40%, and this was due to an increase in deaths from circulatory diseases of 1 per 5000 ever-users per year.
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Clinical Studies with an Antigonadotropin-Danazol * †
TL;DR: Danazol was administered for therapeutic purposes to patients in whom amenorrhea suppression of gonadal steroids or inhibition of pituitary gonadotropins was expected to be beneficial and appears to be of particular advantage in cases of precocious puberty endometriosis virginal breast hypertrophy and chronic cystic mastitis.
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Mortality among women participating in the oxford/family planning association contraceptive study
TL;DR: Findings from the Oxford/Family Planning Association contraceptive study are consistent with the results presented in the accompanying report from the Royal College of General Practitioners Oral Contraception Study.