Progestogen-only pills (POPs) and body weight

Progestogen-only pills (POPs) and body weight.

Progestogen-only pills and bleeding disturbances.

The progestogen-only pill (POP), minipill, is quite an effective second line contraceptive. Despite this, it is used relatively infrequently except during lactation. The main reason for this is that women on POP often have abnormal bleeding patterns, with an increased frequency of bleeding, lengthened cycles, breakthrough bleeding, spotting and prolonged bleeding. These menstrual disturbances a...

Contraceptive failure and the progestogen-only pill: the issue of body weight.

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2010: 36(3) Case report In December 2008, a 33-year-old, para 2 gravida 4, Caucasian woman presented to the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) community clinic requesting termination of pregnancy (TOP). This was an unintended pregnancy and she had been taking the progestogen-only pill (POP) etynodiol diacetate 500 μg (Femulen®) one tablet a day. The origin...

Progestogen-only emergency contraception.

Madam We read with great interest the editorial on progestogen-only emergency contraception (POEC).1 The author refers incorrectly to a July 2002 article as the first case report of ectopic pregnancy following failed postcoital POEC. In late 2000 we undertook a post-marketing surveillance study of POEC prescription in France in order to investigate the efficacy and safety of this method in ‘rea...

Progestogen-only Injectable Contraceptives

Depo-Provera® is depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) aqueous suspension 150 mg in 1 ml formulated for deep IM injection. [2] This is most commonly used. Sayana Press® is DMPA 104 mg in 0.65 ml formulated for SC injection first licensed in the UK in 2011. [3] It is bio-equivalent to Depo-Provera®. It may be preferable to Depo-Provera® in women on anticoagulants or with a bleeding disorder. ...