Contraceptive hormones can be reduced without impacting effectiveness: UP

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The hormone level in contraceptives can be reduced by as much as 92 percent without impacting their effectiveness, researchers from the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) have found. ManilaBulletin READ:

"Using mathematical models, researchers from the UPD-CS institute of Mathematics have found that contraceptives can still remain effective despite reducing their hormone content by as much as 92%."

In their study, researchers from UPD-CS Institute of Mathematics Ph.D. Mathematics graduate Brenda Lyn Gavina and Associate Professor Dr. Aurelio de los Reyes V, alongside collaborators Dr. Mette Olufsen of North Carolina State University, Dr. Suzanne Lenhart of the University of Tennessee, and Dr. Johnny Ottesen of the Roskilde University of Denmark, created a modified menstrual cycle model to "track natural hormone levels and the effect of hormones taken through contraceptives.

"With the rapid development of new implants and injections providing continuous administration, there is great potential to implement new treatment scheme minimizing dose," the scientists said in their study published on April 13 in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.

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