Contraceptive Technology Update – April 1, 2013
April 1, 2013
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More women moving to LARC methods — Will your facility follow the trend?
When it comes to family planning, more women are choosing long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the contraceptive implant, say respondents to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey. -
Check methods with combined hormones
The contraceptive vaginal ring (NuvaRing, Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ) and patch (Ortho Evra, Ortho Womens Health & Urology, Raritan, NJ). are two effective options for women who choose combined hormonal methods. -
Ways to use the Pill: What’s your strategy?
While several protocols are available to start women on a combined oral contraceptive (OC), respondents to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey are firmly behind the Quick Start method of pill initiation. -
Power of the Pill: Readers speak out
The upswing of use of long-acting reversible contraception is making an impact on the use of combined oral contraceptives (oCs), according to responses to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey. -
Raise awareness on contraceptive sabotage
Birth control sabotage in which a partner deliberately pokes holes in condoms, destroys birth control pills, or tampers with the efficacy of a method is not uncommon.