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  2. Etonogestrel - Wikipedia

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    Etonogestrel is a medication which is used as a means of birth control for women. [4] [5] [12] [13] It is available as an implant placed under the skin of the upper arm under the brand names Nexplanon and Implanon.

  3. Contraceptive implant - Wikipedia

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    A contraceptive implant is an implantable medical device used for the purpose of birth control. The implant may depend on the timed release of hormones to hinder ovulation or sperm development, the ability of copper to act as a natural spermicide within the uterus , or it may work using a non-hormonal, physical blocking mechanism.

  4. Levonorgestrel-releasing implant - Wikipedia

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    A small amount of the hormone progestin is released through the capsules continuously, more during the first year and a half, but then at a level similar to most contraceptive pills afterward. Like all hormonal contraception, levonorgestrel-releasing implant does not protect against sexually transmitted infections .

  5. Comparison of birth control methods - Wikipedia

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    It needs to be fitted by a medical professional. It has a failure rate of 17%. [1] A contraceptive sponge is another contraceptive method. Like the diaphragm, the contraceptive sponge contains spermicide and is inserted into the vagina and placed over the cervix to prevent sperm from entering the uterus. The sponge must be kept in place 6 hours ...

  6. Intrauterine device - Wikipedia

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    Until the mid-1990s, the state-preferred IUD was a stainless steel ring, [90] [91] which had a higher rate of complications compared to other types of IUD. It gave rise to the idiom shànghuán (上环), meaning "insert a loop". Nowadays, the IUDs include T and V shapes, the former being the most common and easiest to remove.

  7. KU fans blasted ESPN for all aspects of its coverage of ...

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    It’s over, and we won, but . . . let’s not pretend like this bowl wasn’t an unmitigated disaster. @espn production was garbage, the commentators were abysmal, & the @acc crew was an absolute ...

  8. Implanon - Wikipedia

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    From or to a drug trade name: This is a redirect from (or to) the trade name of a drug to (or from) the international nonproprietary name (INN).

  9. Family planning in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Though Pakistan's fertility rates still exceed those of neighboring South Asian countries with a total fertility rate at 4.1 (3.3 children in urban settings and 4.5 children in rural areas) and contraception use is lower than 35 percent, approximately one-fourth of Pakistani women wish to either delay the birth of their next child or end ...