Contraceptive Technology Update – May 1, 2005
May 1, 2005
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Injectable update: Subcutaneous form of Depo-Provera is approved
The drug, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December, should be available on retail pharmacy shelves in mid-May, says An Phan, Pfizer corporate spokeswoman. Pricing has not been set yet on the drug, she adds. -
New guideline details care of vulvodynia
As you flip through the next patients chart, you review notes from several past visits, and all detail pain and burning on or around the vulva. According to the chart documentation, the patient states the vulvar area hurts most of the time, even when nothing is touching it. -
Bacterial vaginosis is focus of new research
A check of the next patients file indicates a repeat visit for treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). What is your next step? -
EC in the ED: What is your state’s policy?
When it comes to emergency contraception (EC), it is an accepted standard of care in your clinic. But when it comes to the emergency department (ED) at your local hospital, is it the same story? -
Funding cuts threaten family planning source
Is your clinic seeing more women without insurance coverage whose care is now funded by Medicaid? New statistics from the New York City-based Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) confirm your observations: Researchers estimate that in 2003, one in five women of reproductive age were uninsured, which signals a 10% increase since 2001. -
Ask the Experts: Contraceptive implant, sponge await FDA action
What is the U.S. market status for two forms of birth control, the single-rod contraceptive implant and the contraceptive sponge? Answers to these questions are provided by Marcia Diljak, spokeswoman for West Orange, NJ-based Organon, and Gene Detroyer, president and chief executive officer of Allendale (NJ) Pharmaceuticals. -
CDC offers continuing education on STDs
Need to brush up on your knowledge of current treatment practices when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDCs) Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases is offering new on-line STD education modules. -
Plan now to attend HIV prevention conference
Circle June 12-15, 2005, on the calendar to attend the 2005 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta. -
STD Quarterly: Evidence supports use of patient-delivered partner therapy for sexually transmitted diseases
As you tell the patient in front of you that she has a positive test for chlamydia, you explain the importance of having her boyfriend treated. You encourage her to have the boyfriend come in for care, but what are the odds that you will see him? -
STD Quarterly: Use the Internet to stem the spread of STD
Facing an upward spike in its number of syphilis cases, the San Francisco Department of Public Health has spun its detection web in new directions, using a broad range of innovative Internet-based prevention interventions to stem the spread of the sexually transmitted disease (STD).