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Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| Emergency contraception with levonorgestrel for teenagers -- efficacy, |
| tolerability, and level of information awareness. |
| Kolarov G; Dimitrov A; Chernev T; Kamenov Z; Sirakov M |
| Akusherstvo i Ginekologiia. 2004;43(1):26-31. |
| Objective: Assessment of efficacy and side effects of emergency contraception for teenagers with levonorgestrel |
| (LNG) and the level of users' informedness about possibilities and practical application. Methods: The subjects are |
| healthy girls (n = 49) with regular menstrual cycles at the age between 15 and 19, having had one unprotected or |
| faultily protected sexual intercourse. All of them have administered 0,75 mg LNG within the 72nd hour, repeated after |
| 12 hours. The data have been processed by variational analysis. Results: One pregnancy was registered of a girl with |
| first intake at the 67th hour-pregnancy rate - 2,0%. The most frequent side effect was nausea - 26,5%, followed by |
| breast tenderness - 22,4% and fatigue - 20,4%. An up to 7th day delay in the menstrual cycle is non significantly |
| more frequent - 14,3%, followed by a delay of more than 7 days and breakthrough bleeding - 8,2%. No significant |
| changes were established in the length of the menstrual cycle. Emergency contraception is sought for after |
| unprotected sexual intercourse in 69,4%, and condom failure problems in 30,6%. Only 18,4% have sufficient |
| information about the possibilities and practical use of emergency contraception. Conclusion: LNG provides |
| effective, highly tolerable contraception with a small number of side effects. Need is felt for serious popularization of |
| the application of emergency contraception with teenagers. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 543-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Emergency contraception with levonorgestrel for teenagers |
| -- efficacy, tolerability, and level of information awareness.", is(are) Kolarov G; Dimitrov A; Chernev T; Kamenov Z; |
| Sirakov M. The source of this article is "Akusherstvo i Ginekologiia. 2004;43(1):26-31.". This article was published in |
| 2004 in Bulgarian language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 543-06. All rights reserved with |
| This article is peer-reviewed. |
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