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The only method that mandates a pelvic exam is IUD insertion
- The other methods do not require a pap smear
Sunday Start
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- more for convenience
- this provides period-free weekends
- great for athletes who compete on weekends and want to have period
free weekends
, Progestin Only Methods: Depo- Provera injection
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- Depo- Provera injection, which is medroxyprogesterone
- 150mg @every 12 weeks , give or take
- Injected into the muscle, it makes a bolus that slowly releases over the 12
weeks
- notorious for causing amenorrhea
- weight gain
- bone density changes that seem to be reversible after the agent is
stopped
Monophasics
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pt gets the same dose of estrogen and progestin every day of the month
that is not the placebo day
ALWAYS THE SAME DOSE
POP
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