One of the most common questions asked by patients in regards to birth control is – How long can I safely be on birth control for? Many are initially turned off by the idea of birth control entirely and rely strictly on condoms or counting days in between period cycles to estimate fertility. These are…
Category Archives: Birth Control
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Smartphone Contraception
Question Can an app replace your patients’ birth control? Response from Zara Risoldi Cochrane, PharmD, MS (January 08, 2019)[medscape.com] Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions; Director, Center for Drug Information & Evidence-Based Practice, Omaha, Nebraska A mobile app designed to prevent pregnancy made headlines earlier this year when it became…
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Birth Control Counselors Boosts Use of IUDs
An article, published by NPR, reported on a study in the journal Lancet which was conducted by the University of California, San Francisco and 40 Planned Parenthood facilities in 15 states. The study sought to test the hypothesis that educating health care providers about the latest long term reversible contraceptive methods would decrease the number…