Articles Tagged With: pills
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The Progestin-Only Pill: How Effective Is It?
In this systematic literature review of 54 studies, the median typical use Pearl Index failure rate was 1.63 (range 0.00 to 14.20) and the median perfect use Pearl Index failure rate was 0.97 (range 0.40 to 6.50).
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Revamping the Daily Pill: Research to Begin on Monthly Pill
Although lowering side effects plays an important role in oral contraceptive compliance, one of the biggest challenges for patients is adhering to the daily schedule of the pill. Forgetting one to three pills per cycle is a frequent problem among 15-51% of users, particularly among adolescents. Lyndra Therapeutics has received a $13 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is setting out to remove the daily pill compliance challenge. The company is in early development of a monthly oral contraceptive to provide women with a discreet, noninvasive, reversible contraception option.
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Legislators, Listen Up, Learn, and Perhaps Beware
Combined oral contraceptives have been shown to provide health benefits beyond birth control.
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Vending Machines Expand Options for College Health Emergency Contraception
While age restrictions on levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) were removed in 2013, access to pills often is tricky, even for college-age students. Now Stanford University and University of California locations in Santa Barbara and Davis are among the latest campuses that have installed vending machines stocked with ECPs.
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Where do pills fit in the family planning picture?
In national statistics, the pill continues to lead the pack, with 25.9% of contracepting women (9.7 million women) reporting its use. Female sterilization was listed by 25.1% (9.4 million women), followed by the male condom (15.3%, 5.8 million women) and long-acting reversible contraception (11.6%, 4.4 million women).
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Should oral contraceptives move over the counter? Readers speak out
Most participants in the Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey say they support moving oral contraceptives over the counter. Almost 50% say they would support OTC availability of progestin-only pills, while 32% say they would support similar availability of combined hormonal pills.
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Pills, patches, and rings — What’s the latest on the second-tier methods?
What are the benefits and disadvantages of such second-tier methods as pills, patches, and rings, and which women can safely use them? These Tier 2 methods, designated by their effectiveness ranking as adapted by the World Health Organization, depend on user behavior such as taking a pill every day or changing the patch or the ring on time.