Clinician Challenge

Some advantages of the progestin-only drospirenone oral contraceptive, over combined hormonal pills, are:

a. Neutral effects on weight in the overall population with a weight decrease in obese women

b. Neutral effects on blood pressure (BP) in normotensive women and decreased BP in women with borderline hypertension

c. No clinically relevant changes in cholesterol and triglycerides parameters

d. Mean estradiol levels within the bone sparing effect range

e. All of the above

f. c and d