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Modern trends in contraception.

Author(s): Burkman RT

Affiliation(s): Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

Publication date & source: 1990-12, Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am., 17(4):759-74.

Publication type: Review

Substantial improvements have been made in oral contraceptives, a new injectable contraceptive (Norplant), and the intrauterine device (IUD). Major risks with oral contraceptives have declined substantially, and a number of noncontraceptive health benefits have been discovered. Norplant is probably the first new contraceptive in recent years, and offers long-term contraception with high efficacy and modest risks. The IUD, by carefully selecting users, is a safe and efficacious contraceptive method. The major risk, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), is far less common if one avoids use in the presence of risk factors for PID.

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