Articles Tagged With: contraceptive
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Are We Prescribing Enough Emergency Contraception?
In this national sample of obstetrician-gynecologists, the majority (84%) reported offering at least one form of emergency contraception, with 80% offering the levonorgestrel pill, 18% offering ulipristal acetate, and 29% offering the copper intrauterine device.
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Study: IUD Counseling Can Appear Coercive
The results of a recent study revealed that providers might think they are promoting their young patients’ decision-making, but their focus on intrauterine devices and other long-acting reversible contraceptives can come across as coercive.
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Pregnancy Risk Increases When Young Women Travel
Although most international trips, including students’ study abroad programs, were put on hold in 2020, these might resume this year after the COVID-19 vaccine reaches student populations. Reproductive health providers can help young women prepare for the contraceptive needs and uncertainties of travel. A new study revealed that young female travelers overwhelmingly say they will be abstinent during their travels, but their actual experience is the opposite.
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New Contraceptive Patch Is a Weekly Option
Twirla, a new low-dose contraceptive patch, is effective at preventing pregnancy among American women, according to researchers. Phase III clinical trial results were favorable for efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol transdermal delivery system. The new patch uses a progestin and contains less estrogen than prior patches.
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Study: The Affordable Care Act Improved Contraceptive Use
Data comparing changes in birth rates before and after the Affordable Care Act was passed suggest that reducing out-of-pocket costs is associated with increased contraceptive use.
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Family Planning Providers Can Reduce Negative Perceptions of IUDs
Despite the safety and efficacy of the intrauterine device (IUD) and the reduction of cost barriers since the Affordable Care Act, only about 12% of American women use that method of contraception. Research shows that the women most likely to use an IUD or implant are ages 25 to 34 years, were born outside of the United States, live in a Western state, and report their religious affiliation as “other."
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Collaboration with Substance Use Treatment Clinics Can Reach More Patients
Women who receive treatment for a substance use disorder would welcome services that integrate their treatment with family planning and contraceptive services, the authors of a recent study found.
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A New Nonhormonal Vaginal Gel Contraceptive
In this single-arm, open-label, Phase III study of a novel vaginal pH regulator gel among 1,384 sexually active women aged 18 to 35 years, the seven-cycle cumulative pregnancy rate was 13.7% (95% confidence interval, 10.0% to 17.5%).
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Weathering the COVID-19 Pandemic Proved Challenging for Providers
Family planning centers across the United States focused on telehealth and found creative ways to serve their clients after the COVID-19 pandemic rolled across North America in the winter and spring of 2020. Contraceptive Technology Update asked clinic leaders to participate in a Q&A about their operations during the pandemic.
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Tamoxifen for the Management of Bleeding Irregularities in Contraceptive Implant Users
In this double-blind, randomized controlled trial, etonogestrel implant users with prolonged or frequent menses who took 10 mg of tamoxifen twice daily for seven days as needed for irregular bleeding had an average of 9.8 (95% confidence interval, 4.6-15.0) more consecutive days of amenorrhea over a 90-day period compared to those who took a placebo.