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Treatment of menstrual irregularity

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The combined oral contraceptive:

  • provides a regular period
  • increases the sex hormone binding globulin and so reduced free testosterone
  • increases insulin resistance and may provoke diabetes

Other treatment options include cyclical progestogens or a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (1).

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