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YEAR: 1998

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The performance of levonorgestrel rod and Norplant contraceptive implants: a

5 year randomized study.

AUTHORS

Sivin I; Campodonico I; Kiriwat O; Holma P; Diaz S; Wan L; Biswas A; Viegas

O; el din Abdalla K; Anant MP

SOURCE

HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 1998 Dec;13(12):3371-8.

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the 5-year randomized study on the performance of levonorgestrel rod (LNG) and Norplant

contraceptive implants in 1198 women in 7 centers. In the first 4 years, no pregnancies occurred. At 5 years, the

cumulative pregnancy rate was 1/100 users or less for each regimen. Annual discontinuation rates averaged 11-

12/100 users, corresponding to a 5-year continuation rate of 55.1/100 for rods and 53.0/100 for capsules. Mean

annual discontinuation rates for menstrual disturbances were 3.5/100 for rod and 4.2/100 for capsule implants.

Reasons for discontinuation of use were vaginal spotting or bleeding, irregular bleeding, headache, weight gain and

acne. Proportional hazard regression models established that family formation variables, age, parity, and desire for

another child, recorded at admission, significantly affected discontinuation rates for major decrement categories and

for all reasons combined. Mean rod removal time was half that of Norplant. Complications of rod removal were at a

lower rate. This study concludes that there is an extremely high contraceptive effectiveness for LNG rod and Norplant

implants; however, LNG rod implants were more preferable than Norplant for its relative ease in removal.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 27-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The performance of levonorgestrel rod and Norplant

contraceptive implants: a 5 year randomized study.", is(are) Sivin I; Campodonico I; Kiriwat O; Holma P; Diaz S;

Wan L; Biswas A; Viegas O; el din Abdalla K; Anant MP. The source of this article is "HUMAN REPRODUCTION.

1998 Dec;13(12):3371-8.". This article was published in 1998 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document

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