Articles Tagged With: IUD
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Ways to Help Patients with Bleeding from Contraceptive Implant
Some patients experience bothersome uterine bleeding after receiving a contraceptive implant, according to a new study of implants and adolescent/young adult patients. Investigators found that 27% of people with an average age of about 19 years reported subsequent bleeding. Those who reported irregular menses before the implant were more likely to report bleeding after receiving the implant.
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Contraceptives Can Alleviate Menstrual Cramping and Endometriosis Pain
Research suggests hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) can relieve pelvic pain and endometriosis. One recent study revealed that levonorgestrel IUDs can improve endometriosis and ovarian function when combined with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists. They also can alleviate the symptoms of sexual intercourse pain and dysmenorrhea and control the risk of postoperative recurrence.
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LARC, Pills Can Reduce or Stop Menstrual Bleeding for Extended Periods
Modern contraception offers a variety of benefits to users, in addition to effective pregnancy prevention. Perhaps the most common noncontraceptive reasons people may select some of these hormonal methods is to reduce or stop menstrual bleeding, cramping, and pain.
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Tactics Needed to Handle Potential State Bans on Emergency Contraception
Increasingly, states are considering bans on contraception, such as IUDs and emergency contraception, in their rush to increase reproductive health barriers in the post-Roe era.
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Telehealth for Contraception Works, Increasing Access for Patients
Contraceptive care providers and staff wish to sustain telehealth long past the COVID-19 pandemic era in which telehealth was more widely used, according to a recent study of telehealth in Illinois.
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Social Media Trends Are Moving Against Contraception Access
Reproductive health advocates and providers should be aware of a disturbing social media trend that appears to be moving in the same direction as the early anti-Roe efforts in the 1980s. Decades of attacks on abortion changed enough people’s opinions on abortion to lay the groundwork for the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.
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Fully Funded Access to Contraception Can Change an Entire Population’s Lives
The results of Colorado’s contraception expansion experiment are in, showing a dramatic improvement in women’s lives during the period in which Title X programs were fully funded through a grant. The Colorado Family Planning Initiative profoundly affected adolescent girls and young adults, resulting in a 6% to 12% increase in women obtaining their college degrees compared to earlier cohorts that did not benefit from the expanded contraception program, according to study results.
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#IUD on TikTok: An Analysis of Intrauterine Device-Related Content on Social Media
The top 100 videos on the social media platform TikTok were compiled and systematically analyzed for user demographics and video content. More videos had a negative tone, particularly those conveying patient experiences related to pain and informed consent.
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Reproductive Health Workforce May Look Different in 10 Years
The reproductive health workforce has changed considerably in the past few years. It is possible it will continue to evolve over the next decade. COVID-19 placed an incredible strain on the workforce, and it is facing a second huge strain because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Too Many Physicians Lack Accurate Information About Contraception
New research revealed that a significant number of physicians hold erroneous beliefs about how contraceptives work. Many believe emergency contraception causes abortions, and some doctors believe IUDs and other forms of birth control also work as abortifacients, according to a study of Wisconsin physicians’ beliefs about contraception.