Combination injectable contraceptives for contraception

Injectable Contraceptives: Tools for Providers

Coming Soon: “Injectables Toolkit” Web site. Go to www. injectablestoolkit.org for job aids and information about injectable contraceptives M than twice as many women are using injectable contraceptives today as a decade ago, and the numbers keep growing. Women choose injectables because they are highly effective, long-acting, reversible, and private. At the same time many women do not choose i...

Progestogen-only Injectable Contraceptives

Depo-Provera® is depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) aqueous suspension 150 mg in 1 ml formulated for deep IM injection. [2] This is most commonly used. Sayana Press® is DMPA 104 mg in 0.65 ml formulated for SC injection first licensed in the UK in 2011. [3] It is bio-equivalent to Depo-Provera®. It may be preferable to Depo-Provera® in women on anticoagulants or with a bleeding disorder. ...

Injectable Medroxyprogesterone Acetate for Contraception

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Injectable contraceptives: a worldwide perspective.

currently using long-acting injectable contraceptives, mostly in developing countries, and the number of users is increasing. It is generally believed that the popularity of such methods would considerably increase if they were further improved. Table 1 describes the current status of injectable contraceptives which are either available in the market or under development. Injectable hormonal co...

A better future for injectable contraception?