Hormonal Contraception and Risk of Psychiatric and Other Noncommunicable Diseases in HIV-Infected Women.

Castilho JL, Jenkins CA, Shepherd BE, Bebawy SS, Turner M, Sterling TR, Melekhin VV. Hormonal Contraception and Risk of Psychiatric and Other Noncommunicable Diseases in HIV-Infected Women. Journal of women's health (2002). 2015 Jun;24(24). 481-8. PMID: 25751720 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4490777

Abstract

Hormonal contraception use is common among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women. Risk of psychiatric and other noninfectious complications of hormonal contraception use has not been described in this population.