Adolescents are frequently prescribed hormonal contraceptive agents for both contraceptive and noncontraceptive purposes. Over half of all sexually experienced females aged 15 to 19 have used some form of hormonal contraception: 56% oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), 20% injectable, 14% emergency, 10% patch, and 5% ring. Given that 50% of adolescent girls have been sexually active before age 18, ...

BACKGROUND The contraceptive injectable is a safe and effective method that is used worldwide. With the variety of injectable delivery systems, there is potential for administration by the woman herself. Self-administration of the contraceptive injectable is the subject of this systematic review. OBJECTIVES To assess how effective and safe the contraceptive injectable method is when women the...

Background: One contraceptive method used to regulate the birth of a child is 3-month injection KB or Depo Medroxy Progesterone Acetate (DMPA). Controversy about side effects injectable contraceptives, such as menstrual cycle disorders, vaginal discharge, and weight gain, has become problem in community, so mothers are reluctant use this method. Mothers' ignorance 3 months causes fear using con...

Hormonal contraceptives, especially injectable and oral are most widely used by the community, this is because they easy affordable to use. The purpose of study was determine difference between duration hormonal contraceptive use weight gain in family planning (KB) acceptors. This uses observational analytic with a cross-sectional approach. population were all acceptors Sidoarjo District, Srage...

BACKGROUND Hormonal contraceptives are used widely but their effects on HIV-1 risk are unclear. We aimed to assess the association between hormonal contraceptive use and risk of HIV-1 acquisition by women and HIV-1 transmission from HIV-1-infected women to their male partners. METHODS In this prospective study, we followed up 3790 heterosexual HIV-1-serodiscordant couples participating in two...

BACKGROUND The effects of contraception on subsequent fecundity are yet to be substantiated. METHODS A total of 2841 consecutive pregnant women in Hull and Sheffield completed questionnaires inquiring about time to pregnancy (TTP), contraceptive use, pregnancy planning, previous pregnancies, age and lifestyle characteristics of each partner. Outcome measures were mean TTP, conception probabil...

In recent years, there has been a great deal of interests in developing sustained-release systems which can prolong the therapeutic effect, decrease adverse side effects, and reduce administration frequency. Nowadays, the oral sustained-release preparations account for a larger market share comparing to other sustained-release forms, mainly because of its noninvasive pain-free administration. H...