Blood clot risk from hormonal contraceptives ends soon after women stop taking them
Coagulation markers dropped 'precipitously' one to two weeks after women ceased the birth control measures, researchers find.
The heightened risk of venous thromboembolism from combined hormonal contraceptives disappears within a few weeks of stopping the contraceptives, a study shows.
A team led by Dr Marc Blondon, an expert in vascular medicine at the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland, focused on hormonal contraceptives such as birth control pills, vaginal rings and skin patches.
