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April 30, 2012
                			
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				In Brief: Warning about Drospirenone in Oral Contraceptives
April 30, 2012 (Issue: 1389)
				The FDA has announced that combination hormonal contraceptives (CHCs) containing the synthetic progestin drospirenone (Yaz, Yasmin, Beyaz, Safyral, and others) may be associated with a higher risk of thromboembolism than CHCs containing other...more
        			
        			
					
					
				
        			
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