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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

New contraceptive technologies.

AUTHORS

Grubb GS

SOURCE

In: Dimensions of new contraceptives: Norplant and poor women, edited by

Sarah E. Samuels, Mark D. Smith. Menlo Park, California, Henry J. Kaiser Family

Foundation, 1992. :83-95.

ABSTRACT

By taking a hypothetical leap 10 years into the future, Gary Grubb of Family Health International's Clinical Trials

Division develops a scenario for contraceptive technology in the 1900s. Norplant's introduction coincided with the

end of a decade of stagnation in contraceptive development stimulated, in part, by concerns about product liability

litigation. Over time, other long-acting steroid contraceptives that had a shorter duration of action than Norplant,

required less provider training, and were less costly to purchase emerged. Other contraceptives introduced in the

early 1900s included oral contraceptives containing new progestins (desogestrel, gestodene, and norgestimate) and

with less effect on blood cholesterol levels, female condoms that enabled women to protect themselves from the

transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, stronger male condoms made from various types of plastic, a

sterilization device (Filshie clip) that occluded only 3 mm of the fallopian tube, and more flexible IUDs that minimized

contact with the endometrium. In the late 1990s, steroid-releasing vaginal rings and progestin-estrogen patches

were introduced. These innovations eliminated the irregular menstrual bleeding that limited the acceptability of

implants and returned control over removal to the woman. The majority of advances in contraceptive technology

during the 1990s represented refinements of existing methods. During the first decade of the 21st century, advances

are projected to center around immunocontraception, male pills and injectables, and oral contraceptives with

different modes of action. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1577-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "New contraceptive technologies.", is(are) Grubb GS. The

source of this article is "In: Dimensions of new contraceptives: Norplant and poor women, edited by Sarah E.

Samuels, Mark D. Smith. Menlo Park, California, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 1992. :83-95.". This article was

published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 1577-06. All rights reserved with

PubHealth.info) PIN: 11577

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