Subdermal contraceptive implants
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Subdermal contraceptive implants are an additional approach to meeting the world-wide need for more effective and acceptable birth control. They provide long-acting, highly effective and reversible contraception by achieving low and stable concentrations of synthetic progestogens and require little user compliance, thereby achieving user failure rates that are similar to the method failure rates.1,2
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Avoiding controversy in international provision of subdermal contraceptive implants.
International agencies work with host country governments to estimate contraceptive needs and to procure commodities at affordable public-sector prices. Depending on the agency and the registration status of the commodity in the given country, three subdermal contraceptive implants are options for purchase: Jadelle® is a two-rod levonorgestrel implant approved for 5 years of continuous use (Bay...
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©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2008: 34(1) Introduction Implanon® (Organon International, Oss, The Netherlands) is a single rod, subdermal contraceptive implant system designed to release the progestogen etonogestrel at a near constant rate over 3 years.1,2 This system entered the market in The Netherlands in 1998, and soon after in many other countries in Europe and Asia. It is now marke...
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BACKGROUND Subdermal contraceptive implants may be a reasonable option for young women in sub-Saharan Africa; little is known about factors associated with method uptake in this subpopulation. STUDY DESIGN Four hundred women aged 18-24 years who sought short-acting hormonal contraception were offered an opportunity to use an implant instead. Cross-tabulations and logistic regression analysis ...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate efficacy, adverse effects, and user continuation rate of an etonogestrel subdermal single-rod contraceptive implant. METHODS A total of 417 healthy volunteers of childbearing age were included in this multicenter trial. After implant insertion, the women were followed up during the 3 years of contraceptive action. At each visit, clinical findings, side effects, and bleed...
متن کاملSubdermal implantable contraceptives versus other forms of reversible contraceptives or other implants as effective methods of preventing pregnancy.
BACKGROUND Implantable methods of contraception offer long-acting reversible contraception. Their uptake rate in comparison to other contraceptive methods, particularly in developed countries, has historically been low. OBJECTIVES To assess the contraceptive effectiveness, tolerability and acceptability of subdermal implants in comparison to other reversible contraceptive methods. SEARCH ST...
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تاریخ انتشار 2010