Cerebrovascular complications of oral contraceptives.
1983
This analysis of cerebrovascular side effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) uses clinical observations from the authors medical unit in Hungary (a Department of Neurology). In a 5-year period 23 patients under 30 years of age were seen at the clinic and represented 1.1% of all patients seen with cerebrovascular complications. Of these 23 patients 16 were OC users (average age 25 years) and 4 were pregnant or postpartum. The carotidal territory was affected in 15 of the 16 OC users with stroke. 7 of them showed arterial occlusion 1 showed venous occlusion and 8 had no occlusion. Most of the OC users had been taking either Bisecurin (1 mg etinodioldiacetate + .05 mg ethinyl estradiol) or Ovidon (.25 mg d-norgestrel + .05 mg ethinyl estradiol).
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