Joyeaux is contraindicated in females who are known to have or develop the following conditions: Smoke, if over age 35 [see Boxed Warning and Warnings and Precautions (5.1)] Have deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, now or in the past [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)] Have inherited or acquired hypercoagulopathies [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)] Have cerebrovascular disease [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)] Have coronary artery disease [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)] Have thrombogenic valvular or thrombogenic rhythm diseases of the heart (for example, subacute bacterial endocarditis with valvular disease, or atrial fibrillation) [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)] Have uncontrolled hypertension [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4)] Have diabetes mellitus with vascular disease [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6)] Have headaches with focal neurological symptoms or have migraine headaches with aura [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7)] Women over age 35 with any migraine headaches [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7)] Liver tumors, benign or malignant, or liver disease [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)] Undiagnosed abnormal uterine bleeding [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)] Pregnancy, because there is no reason to use COCs during pregnancy [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9) and Use in Specific Populations (8.1)] Current diagnosis of, or history of, breast cancer, which may be hormone-sensitive [see Warnings and Precautions (5.10)] Use of Hepatitis C drug combinations containing ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir, with or without dasabuvir, due to the potential for ALT elevations [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)] Impaired Liver Function Do not use Joyeaux in women with liver disease, such as acute viral hepatitis or severe (decompensated) cirrhosis of liver [see Contraindications (4)]
People who smoke also have a much greater risk of developing lung cancer compared to those who have never smoked
PMID: 25983287 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25983287/
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