Diana Mansour

ORCID: 0000-0003-1283-1365 · 7 papers in corpus
review 2022
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm11154634

Bleeding irregularities are one of the major reasons for discontinuation of oral contraceptives (OCs), and therefore clinicians need to set expectations during consultations. In this review we provide an overview of bleeding data of recentl…

review 2021
Advances in therapy ·doi:10.1007/s12325-020-01564-y

INTRODUCTION: Up to one-third of women of reproductive age experience heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB). HMB can give rise to iron deficiency (ID) and, in severe cases, iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). AIM: To review current guidelines for the m…

other 2012
The journal of family planning and reproductive health care ·doi:10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100345

More than 794 000 prescriptions are written for therapeutic (as opposed to contraceptive) use of norethisterone (or its synonym norethindrone) in the UK each year (data on file, Bayer plc). Although its licensed indications include “metropa…

rct 2009
Contraception ·doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2009.03.018

BACKGROUND: This study compared the bleeding pattern, cycle control and safety of an oral contraceptive (OC) comprising estradiol valerate/dienogest (E2V/DNG; administered using a dynamic dosing regimen) with a monophasic OC containing ethi…

review 2009
·doi:10.1002/psb.563

Abstract Qlaira is a new multiphasic COC that is taken continuously and comprises four combinations of estradiol valerate and the progestogen dienogest, plus two inert tablets. In our New products review, Steve Chaplin presents the clinical…

review 2007
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.03.023

Since its launch, more than 9 million women worldwide have used the levonorgestrel intra-uterine system (IUS) for contraception, as a treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding and as the progestogen component of hormone-replacement therapy. Fo…

2006
·doi:10.3410/f.12635.471339