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Contraceptive Implants

Introducing Implanon®

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The Handbook of Contraception

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Abstract

Subdermal contraceptive implants offer women long-acting, controlled release of progestins. Over the past 20 years, they have been approved in more than 60 countries and used by more than 11 million women worldwide. Their high efficacy along with ease of use make them a good contraceptive option for women who require progestin-only methods because they should not use estrogen, teens who find adherence to a contraceptive regime difficult, as well as healthy adult women who desire long-term protection (1). Norplant®, no longer marketed in the United States, garnered 1 million American users but was difficult to insert and remove (2, 3). Now, a highly effective and long-lasting singlerod etonogestrel subdermal implant (Implanon®) will make implant contraception available again in the United States.

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  1. Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA

    Philip D. Darney MD, MSC (Chief)

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  1. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

    Donna Shoupe MD

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

    Siri L. Kjos MD

  3. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

    Siri L. Kjos MD

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Darney, P.D. (2006). Contraceptive Implants. In: Shoupe, D., Kjos, S.L. (eds) The Handbook of Contraception. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-150-5_8

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