Depression, pyridoxine and oral contraception
Leriche, A.M.; Romain, J.L.
Contraception Fertilite Sexualite 9(7): 455-459
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-861X PMID: 12278916 Document Number: 175239
Numerous publications have, in recent years, associated the apparition of depressive syndrome with OC (oral contraception). The study of modified triptophane metabolism in OC patients has also involved the study of quantitative modifications of serotonin in certain types of depressive syndrome, as well as the positive effects of vitamin B6 and of pyridoxine administration. On the other hand, there is strong evidence showing that the involvement of OCs in depression cannot always be incriminated, and that, in the majority of cases, the causes are to be found in other, and mostly psychological, factors. Even in these last cases pyridoxine can be prescribed for a limited time without interruption of OC treatment.