title: Hormonal therapy for suppressing lactation.
abstract: In recent years, hormonal suppression of undesired lactation has been widely employed. A review of the literature confirms the efficacy of this method, at first with estrogen alone and later with progestogen-estrogen combinations. The authors also discuss retrospective studies of the incidence of thromboembolism in such patients, and report on a new double-blind study of the successful use of norethynodrel and mestranol as a suppressant.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Balmer
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Macdonald
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