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The company responsible for developing the Essure non-incisional permanent birth control procedure is seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend effectiveness data on the Essure product labeling.
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Rewind to November 2004: the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces the addition of a black box warning to the labeling for the injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, Depo-Provera, Pfizer, New York City and MedroxyPROGESTERone Injection, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, North Wales, PA).
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More women are choosing long-term birth control through use of intrauterine contraception, say participants in the 2005 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey.
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As you review the list of contraceptive options available at your family planning facility with your next female patient, which one most likely will receive the nod from her?
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On Aug. 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would indefinitely postpone its decision to allow nonprescription status for the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B popularly known as the morning-after pill.
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As you check the chart of a new patient, you note that she has previously experienced nausea on birth control pills, but cant remember the brand name of her prescribed oral contraceptive (OC). She would like to re-establish pill use. Which OC will you suggest?
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The young woman sitting in front of you is in good health and says she would like to use a birth control pill. Which pill do you prescribe?
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The on-line home of Contraceptive Technology Update has moved. CTU On-line now can be found on the newly revamped Thomson American Health Consultants web site. The old familiar address is the same: www.contraceptiveupdate.com.
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If your clinic uses an outside laboratory, do you know what test is used to diagnose herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes? According to a just-published journal article, many U.S. laboratories are using outdated blood tests that often produce false-positive results.
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The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is detaining condoms manufactured by Australia-based Ansell Limiteds Surat Thani, Thailand, plant after two lots failed to meet FDA standards. If your family planning clinic carries such Ansell condom brands as LifeStyles, Mates, and Kama Sutra, what does this mean for your facility?