Contraceptive Technology Update – April 1, 2013

April 1, 2013

• More women moving to LARC methods — Will your facility follow the trend?

  When it comes to family planning, more women are choosing long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the contraceptive implant, say respondents to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey.

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• Check methods with combined hormones

  The contraceptive vaginal ring (NuvaRing, Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ) and patch (Ortho Evra, Ortho Womens Health & Urology, Raritan, NJ). are two effective options for women who choose combined hormonal methods.

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• Ways to use the Pill: What’s your strategy?

  While several protocols are available to start women on a combined oral contraceptive (OC), respondents to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey are firmly behind the Quick Start method of pill initiation.

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• Power of the Pill: Readers speak out

  The upswing of use of long-acting reversible contraception is making an impact on the use of combined oral contraceptives (oCs), according to responses to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey.

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• Raise awareness on contraceptive sabotage

  Birth control sabotage in which a partner deliberately pokes holes in condoms, destroys birth control pills, or tampers with the efficacy of a method is not uncommon.

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