If You Choose IMPLANTS NORPLANT

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If You ChooseIMPLANTS (NORPLANT)

• Six implants will be implanted into the upper
  arm.
• Medication will be released for up to a 5 year
  period.
• Must be inserted and removed by a doctor.

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Advantages Disadvantages

• After insertion, effective for 5 years.
• No pill to take daily.
• Ability to become pregnant after use is stopped
  is quick.

• Risks of minor surgery and scarring.
• No protection from STDs.
• Acne, skin rash, weight gain, hair loss, hair
  gain on face, cysts on the ovaries.

Cost 500-700 exam, implants and insertion
100-200 removal. 99 effective
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If You ChooseTHE SHOT DEPO-PROVERA

• You get a shot of a horamone in your arm or
  buttocks every 12 weeks.
• Cost
• 20-40 exam
• 30-75 for injection

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Advantages Disadvantages

• Effective for 12 weeks at a time.
• No pill to take.
• Helps prevent Cancer in the uterus.
• 99 effective

• More likely to have ectopic pregnancy.
• Need injection every 3 months
• Weight gain, loss of period, skin rash,
  depression.
• No protection from STDs

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If You ChoosePOPs (PROGESTIN-ONLY BIRTH CONTROL
PILLS)...

• You take one pill a day for three weeks straight
  .
• The fourth week you take a sugar pill to bring on
  the menstual flow.
• 15-35 monthly for the pills.
• 35-125 exam

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Advantages Disadvantages

• Ability to get pregnant after stopped usage is
  quick.
• 95-99 effective if directions and time are
  followed.

• Must be taken in the sametime frame to reduce the
  risk of pregnancy.
• Weight gain.
• Will not protect against STDs

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If You ChooseTHE IUD INTRAUTERINE DEVICE

• A plastic device is inserted into the uterus.
• Keeps sperm from joining egg or keeps from
  implanting.
• 175-400 for exam, insertion and follow up.

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You May WantEmergency CONTRACEPTION
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If You ChooseTHE PATCH (ORTHO EVRA)
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If You ChooseAN OVER-THE-COUNTER BARRIER METHOD
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If You ChooseTHE DIAPHRAGM OR CERVICAL CAP