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Nestorone-releasing implants offer women contraceptive protection.
2004 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nestorone-releasing implants offer women contraceptive protection.
"A 2-year trial of a single Nestorone (NES) rod implant was conducted at three Latin American centers, each enrolling 100 women. We studied the safety, effectiveness and acceptability of this progestin-releasing contraceptive implant. Three pregnancies occurred, the last at 18 months of use," investigators in the United States state.
"Because no pregnancies were expected in the first 18 months, the trial was halted. At that time, 224 women had completed at least 18 months of use, and 99 women had used the implant for more than 24 months. Few participants used adjunctive contraception between the time the study was halted and the time they had their implant removed. No additional pregnancies occurred before the removal of the last implant," reported I. Sivin and colleagues, Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research.
"The 2-year cumulative pregnancy rate was 1.7 per 100 with a Pearl index of 0.6 per 100 for the 2-year period. The 1-year and 2-year continuation rates were 80.5 and 66.7 per 100, respectively. Menstrual and medical disturbances were the principal reasons for discontinuation, followed ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Nestorone-releasing implants offer women contraceptive protection.