What Should I Do Before Starting a New Contraceptive?

Subcutaneous implantation is a new type of contraceptive method, which has been popularized worldwide. This method of contraception is to put a certain amount of progesterone in a silicon capsule tube, and then bury the tube under the skin, so that it slowly releases a small amount of progestin, thereby playing a contraceptive role.

Subcutaneous implant contraception

Subcutaneous implant contraceptives are changed by

Subcutaneous implant contraception

Women under the age of 40 who need long-term contraception can use this method as long as they are healthy, especially suitable for use.

Subcutaneous implantation has the following advantages:

(1) The contraceptive effect is good, and the effective rate of contraception is over 99%.

(2) Long contraceptive effect, one implantation can prevent contraception for 5 years.

(3)

(1) Irregular menstruation and prolonged menstrual period, but the amount of bleeding will not cause anemia, which can be improved with prolonged placement.

(2) Headaches, mood changes, and acne may occur, but the incidence is not high and the symptoms are not serious. ^[1]

It can be found from the advantages, disadvantages and side effects of subcutaneous implanted contraception that subcutaneous implanted contraception can cause changes in bleeding patterns of users, irregular bleeding, irregular menstrual periods, prolonged periods, and increased menstrual volume / spot bleeding. Therefore, women of childbearing age who use subcutaneous implantation contraception ^[2] should have some knowledge and management of changes in bleeding patterns.

According to the "Objective Facts on Changing Bleeding Patterns Caused by Ebony Lennon" report, the changes in bleeding patterns experienced during the use of subcutaneous implants may help more women find a way to provide continuous contraceptive therapy for 3 to 5 years. select. In fact, one possible adverse event of any hormonal contraception is irregular bleeding. Many women traditionally believe that the use of subcutaneous implantation is a poor bleeding pattern for managers, but studies have shown that they have the objective fact that most women experience a good bleeding pattern when using Ebanon. Good bleeding patterns are defined as: Bleeding / spot bleeding episodes <= 5 times within a 90-day reference time frame, good bleeding patterns for burst amenorrhea, rare bleeding (bleeding / spot bleeding episodes <= 3 times within a 90-day reference time frame), and normal bleeding (3 to 5 episodes of bleeding / spot bleeding within a 90-day reference period). In a study of adverse effects of subcutaneous implanted contraceptive bleeding, the median number of days of bleeding / spot bleeding in women using implants was comparable to oral contraceptives, and the median number of days of bleeding / spot bleeding was Slightly lower than the number of bleeding days reported for the natural menstrual cycle. Subcutaneous implantation safety data show that the one-year follow-up use rate of implants is as high as 84%, which is much higher than the continued use rate of contraceptives, oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices. ^[3]