Contraceptive Pearl: Can you Quickstart with Depo?

Don’t wait for your patient’s next menses — give Depo today! Using Quick Start with Depo prevents pregnancies that can occur while waiting.

Contraceptive Pearl: Fertility following IUD use

After IUD use, women return to fertility right after an IUD is removed. This Contraceptive Pearl busts the myth that IUDs negatively affect fertility.

Contraceptive Pearl: Contraceptive Adherence and Patients’ Choice

Contraceptive counseling is more art than science. Success depends heavily on timing, interpersonal skills, and other intangible, hard-to-measure factors – and despite its obvious importance, contraceptive counseling is an area in which there’s very little evidence to guide us.

Contraceptive Pearl: Is it okay to prescribe antibiotics to a patient using oral contraceptive pills?

It turns out that oral contraceptives don’t interact with antibiotics (except rifampin/rifabutin). Even broad-spectrum antibiotics don’t lower estrogen blood levels significanlty, and the pregnancy rate for women taking antibiotics doesn’t exceed the baseline pregnancy rate for oral contraceptive users.

Contraceptive Pearl: Introducing ella, A New Emergency Contraception Option

This Contraceptive Pearl is about ella, a new emergency contraception pill which can be taken up to five days after unprotected intercourse.

Contraceptive Pearl: Minimizing Gaps in Contraceptive Coverage

Many unintended pregnancies happen during a gap between contraceptive methods – that is, at a time when women have stopped one method (due to cost, side effects, a negative newspaper article, a new prescription plan, etc.) without starting a new method.

Contraceptive Pearl: Prescribing Emergency Contraception in Advance

Access to emergency contraceptive pills greatly increases the chance that a person will use it, largely preventing unwanted pregnancies. In this Contraceptive Pearl, read about how prescribing EC in advance can be beneficial to many different groups.

Contraceptive Pearl: Prescribing Emergency Contraception in Advance

Whether Emergency Contraception (EC) can fulfill its potential for decreasing unintended pregnancies depends on a women’s ability to obtain it. This Contraceptive Pearl covers the benefits and importance of advanced prescribing emergency contraception. 

Contraceptive Pearl: Prescribing Emergency Contraception (EC) In Advance

Whether emergency contraception (EC) can fulfill its potential for decreasing unintended pregnancies depends on a women’s ability to obtain it. This Contraceptive Pearl encourages giving patients advance prescriptions for EC to increase access and use.

Contraceptive Pearl: IUDs for Teens

The United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world. This Contraceptive Pearl demonstrates how IUDs can be a good contraceptive option for teens.