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ReviewInternational journal of reproductive medicine2018

Clinical Pharmacology of Hormonal Emergency Contraceptive Pills.

Celia M J Matyanga, Blessing Dzingirai

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Review in International journal of reproductive medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Effects ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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  5. Therapeutic Investigation of Standardized Aqueous Methanolic Extract of Bitter Melon (Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Celia M J MatyangaSchool of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare (263), Zimbabwe.ORCID 0000-0002-9799-136X
Blessing DzingiraiSchool of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare (263), Zimbabwe.ORCID 0000-0001-8208-7821

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emergency contraceptives play a major role in preventing unwanted pregnancy. The use of emergency contraceptives is characterized by myths and lack of knowledge by both health professionals and users. The main objective of this paper is to summarize the clinical pharmacology of hormonal methods of emergency contraception. A literature review was done to describe in detail the mechanism of action, efficacy, pharmacokinetics, safety profile, and drug interactions of hormonal emergency contraceptive pills. This information is useful to healthcare professionals and users to fully understand how hormonal emergency contraceptive methods work.

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PMID30402457
PMCPMC6193352

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