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From: "Peter Dodek" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:00:30 +0000
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Subject: Re: menorrhagia and the oral contraceptive pill
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Check the "Effective Health Care" document on menorrhagia for
citations to RCTs on this topic.
Peter Dodek M.D., M.H.Sc.
Director, Intensive Care Unit
St. Paul's Hospital
1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 1Y6
Canada
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Dear Peter,
Thank you for your reply. Interestingly this excellent review examines 31
RTCs of drug therapies but does not include any with the oral contraceptive
pill. Drug trials without objective measurement of menstrual blood loss
were however excluded.
Brid Hollywood
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Dr. Brid Hollywood
Lecturer in General Practice
Dept of Community Health & General Practice
199 Pearse Street, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Tel Number: + 353 1 608 1087, Fax Number:+ 353 1 671 0697
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