[Prevention and treatment of the secondary effects of oral contraceptives using Citro B-6].

The treatment of hepato-digestive side effects of combined oral contraceptives using Citro B6 (an association of monopyridoxine citrate betaine and citric acid) in 50 women aged 16-62 years is reported. Citro B6 was administered in 1 or 2 courses of 20 days 3 ampules per day. Therapeutic results were considered good or excellent in 43 patients with disappearance of nausea and digestive disturbances and improvement of mastodynia headache leg pain and serum lipid levels. The author recommends the routine use of Citro B6 in association with oral contraceptives.