Pulmonary embolism in a woman taking oral contraceptives and valdecoxib.

PLoS Med

Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Published: July 2005

A 25-y-old woman, who had been on an oral contraceptive pill for 3 years, presented with pulmonary embolism. One month prior to presentation she had been started on valdecoxib for neck pain.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1181877PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020197DOI Listing

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