This study aims to analyze the relationship between nutritional status, type and duration of contraceptive pills, 1-month injection Depo Medroxy Progesterone Acetate (DMPA) with menstrual disorders in women childbearing age Kupang City. The method used is a quantitative cross-sectional design. sampling technique was simple random stratified sampling. results showed that there status value (P = ...

Contraception has become critical in managing zoo populations, both to limit production of surplus animals and to promote genetic health. One role of the Contraception Advisory Group, formed in 1989, is to coordinate research to develop new contraceptive methods. Because melengestrol acetate (MGA) implants, which have been used by zoos for almost 20 years, recently have been associated with ute...

The association between contraceptive use and breast-feeding duration was investigated in 2380 women in rural Bangladesh where women usually stop breast-feeding once pregnant. Life table analysis showed that women receiving regular injections of depo medroxy progesterone acetate (DMPA) and those using non-hormonal contraception breast-fed significantly longer than women using no contraception. ...

IN repository corticotherapy a quantity of long-acting steroid is placed directly into the tissues; in ophthalmology, by reason of the delicacy of the tissues concerned, the steroid preparation used must not cause any damage when it is forced into the tissues, or later, and at the same time must retain its potency throughout the period of absorption. It is claimed by the manufacturers that Depo...

We describe the case of a 65-year-old patient with glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Pain was triggered by swallowing, yawning, or cold food. We used the anterior tonsillar pillar method for the injection of drugs; a relatively new glossopharyngeal nerve (GPN) block which was described by Benumof (Anesthesiology 1991;75:1094-1096). Performing this GPN block, daily levobupivacaine (Chirocaine® 5 mg/ml...

Correspondence: Ewa Skopińska-Różewska, Pathology Department, Warsaw Medical University, Chałubińskiego 5, 02-004 Warsaw, Poland. Email: [email protected] Abstract The research was done on 33 rabbits, which underwent partial synovectomy of the right knee. 24 of them were treated with Depo-Medrol twiceimmediately after and 7 days after surgery. The knee joints were taken 21 days after surgery,...