Affiliation:
1. Regional Public Organization of Assistance in Population Reproductive Health Protection «Population and Development»
Abstract
Chlormadinone acetate-containing combined contraceptives are well researched, they have a high degree of reliability during prolonged use in different modes. They have a protective anti-atherogenic properties and is offset by the risk for cardiovascular system, because the existing data indicate that the risk of thromboembolism against the background of chlormadinone preparation is minimal to date among all COCs and is comparable with the «first-generation» progestins, like levonorgestrel. The undeniable advantage of CMA-containing COC is a neutral impact on carbohydrate metabolism and blood coagulation system. CMA COCs have anti-atherogenic effect, which makes them “the drugs of choice” in patients with sclerocystic ovaries, metabolic syndrome and systemic diseases associated with hypercoagulability.Russian scholars and Western specialists who studied the effect of CMA-containing combination drug, allow us to recommend COC Belara® to assign not only with the contraceptive purpose, but also as a product for the stability of the menstrual cycle, as the drug of choice in the hyperpolimenorrhea, al’go – and dysmenorrhea, hyperandrogenism, expressed in the form of acne, hirsutism, oily seborrhea, decrease in sexual activity because of dyspareunia, as well as to anxiolytic and sedative effect in PMS.