Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Urinary Porphyrins

Abstract

Urinary porphyrins were measured in thirty women on oral contraceptives who constituted the study group and in ten women using conventional methods of contraception who constituted the control group. The difference of theme an so furinary copro and uroporphyrin in the two groups.was found to be statistically insignificant. Further, the effect of duration of treatment of females using oral contraceptives was also studied. The difference of means was not significant a the cases oral contraceptives for a period Of less than six months and cases using the same for more than six months.