Rosângela Correa Rodrigues Duarte¹*, Mosar Correa Rodrigues², Taina de Abreu³, Tales Alexandre Aversi-Ferreira⁴ and Maria Clotilde Henriques Tavares¹

¹Department of Biology, State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana, Ba, Brazil
²Institute of Biology, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasilia- DF, Brazil
³Museum of Morphology, Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), Palmas-TO, Brazil
⁴Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Genotoxicity Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Nature Sciences, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas-MG, Brazil
⁵Department of Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brailia, FederalDistrict, Brazil

*Corresponding Author: Rosângela Correa Rodrigues Duarte, Department of Biology, State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana-Ba, Brazil.

Received: October 08, 2021; Published: March 10, 2022

Abstract

The benefits of hormonal contraceptives are undeniable; however, these drugs are also related to numerous adverse and side effects, especially physiological parameters. Although there are several reports of changes in behavioral patterns, there are controversies about the impact of hormonal contraceptives on these aspects. Therefore, this issue needs to be investigated how changes in users' behavior affect their self-esteem and quality of life. Furthermore, there is a need for studies that relate the effect of contraceptives on the expression of behaviors, as few animal models seek to elucidate these effects. In this sense, this study aimed to evaluate the behavioral aspects of female monkeys after the administration of hormonal contraceptives. For this, six adult female monkeys were used. This study received five administrations of kelp acetophenide and estradiol enanthate, a combined hormonal contraceptive substance. The females received a dose of 0.10ml every 21 days, i.e., once every menstrual cycle. Behavioral aspects were monitored daily before, during, and after the administration of the hormonal contraceptive. In addition, the frequency of sexual behavior and the duration of non-sexual behavior were observed. For this purpose, each female was observed for 20 minutes continuously for five cycles, all experiment phases. Thus, it was observed that administrations of the algal acetophenone and estradiol enanthate composition promoted a decline in the frequency of sexual behavior in female capuchin monkeys. Finally, it is necessary to report that in addition to the adverse effects on the behavior of users, contraceptives bring collection effects to physiological aspects, which can be severe. Thus, it is necessary to have wide dissemination of these adverse and side effects because women need to know about such physiological and behavioral impairments, which can be severe for their health.

Keywords:Behaviour; Monkeys; Contraceptive Hormone; Sexual

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Citation: Rosângela Correa Rodrigues Duarte., et al. “Changes in the Behavior Pattern of Female Capuchin Monkeys After Chronic Administration of Hormonal Contraceptives". Acta Scientific Women's Health 4.4 (2022): 02-08.

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