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2023 Update on contraception
- Author:
- Holly A. Rankin, MD
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
More US women are using IUDs than ever before. With more use comes the potential for complications and more requests related to non-contraceptive...
Article
2022 Update on contraception
- Author:
- Jewel Brown, MD
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v Jackson to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade decision, deeming that abortion...
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2021 update on contraception
- Author:
- Joanna C. Wong, MD, MPH
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
The FDA approved 3 new contraceptive methods this past year, but they are not new types of contraceptives. Do these products—a pill, a patch, and...
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2020 Update on contraception
- Author:
- Courtney Baker, MD, MPH
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
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2019 Update on contraception
- Author:
- Namrata Mastey, MD
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
Although continuation rates and user satisfaction with LARC methods are high, a common reason for discontinuation is unfavorable...
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2018 Update on contraception
- Author:
- Suji Uhm, MD, MPH
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
The Essure permanent hysteroscopic contraceptive device will disappear from the market in 2019. We present a timeline of events leading to product...
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2017 Update on contraception
- Author:
- Melissa C. Matulich, MD
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
Adopting the “opportunistic salpingectomy philosophy” for benign hysterectomies has been fairly easy for ObGyns, but what about for permanent...
Article
Liletta gets a new inserter: Steps for successful placement
- Author:
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
The unique cost set-up of Liletta relies on physician uptake, which in turn relies on ease of useA new single-handed inserter (SHI) for placement...
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2016 Update on contraception
- Author:
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
- and Natasha R. Schimmoeller, MD, MPH, MA
A declining US unintended pregnancy rate is good news. Full access to IUDs could address the rate even more, for all patients.
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Is the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system more effective than the copper IUD at preventing pregnancy?
- Author:
- Melissa J. Chen, MD, MPH
- Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
It is slightly more effective, but both devices have a very low contraceptive failure rate, according to this multinational, prospective,...