The emergency contraceptive pill (ECP), more commonly known as Plan B or “the morning-after pill,” can be used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or the failure of a primarybirth controlmethod. The name “morning after” is misleading: it can (and should) be taken sooner than th...
The advantages of an IUD as EC is that it's highly effective and provides ongoing birth control. It requires a visit to your healthcare provider, however, and may be expensive initially, if you're paying out of pocket. (It can provide ongoing birth control for many years, however.) If...
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Summarize 4 contraceptives, including their perfect and typical uses, how they work, advantages, disadvantages, and if a prescription is needed. What are some of the trends in contraceptive use over the past decades since the introduction of the...
Emergency contraceptives (ECs) offer a “second chance” to prevent an unin-tended pregnancy. It is estimated that if the general population had better knowl-edge and easier access to ECs, their use could potentially cut the number of abortions performed each year in the United States in half...
The traditional contraceptive pills are given for 3 out of 4 weeks in the month. Newer formulations have focused on diminishing or eliminating the pill-free week in order to allow for a decreased number of bleeding days or elimination of bleeding days entirely. The progestin component of the co...
Intrauterine contraception has a number of important advantages over other forms of contraception and remains, therefore, an important method of birth cont... HV Kets,HVD Pas,M Thiery,... - 《European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care》 被引量: 7发表: 2009年 Issues in ethics...