___ encompasses various methods, including devices, medications, procedures, and behaviors, all aimed at preventing pregnancy.
Contraception
It grants women control over their reproductive health, enabling active participation in family planning. Its benefits include lowering maternal ill-health and pregnancy-related deaths by delaying pregnancies in young girls and preventing them in older women, both of whom face increased health risks.
Contraception
Additionally, ____ reduces the need for unsafe abortions and HIV transmissions from mothers to newborns by reducing rates of unintended pregnancies
contraception
FSH?
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
LH?
Luteinizing hormone
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
PATIENTS THAT USE CONTRACEPTIVES (2)
Patients of reproductive age
Women with Menstrual Issues
PATIENTS THAT USE CONTRACEPTIVES
Patients utilize contraceptive methods to avoid pregnancies (___ ___)
Most common
PATIENTS THAT USE CONTRACEPTIVES
Avoiding STDs
Patients of reproductive age
PATIENTS THAT USE CONTRACEPTIVES
___ ___ have been used to manage symptoms of menstrual conditions through reduction of hormone levels
Hormonal contraceptives
PHARMACOLOGIC APPROACH
2 Types of Contraception
SPERMICIDE AND SPERMICIDE IMPLANTED TECHNIQUE (SIT)
HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION
PHARMACOLOGIC APPROACH
Most spermicides contain ___, surfactants that destroy sperm cell walls and block entry into the cervical OS.
nonoxynol-9
PHARMACOLOGIC APPROACH
They offer no protection against STDs, and when used more than twice daily, nonoxynol-9 may increase the transmission of HIV.
SPERMICIDE AND SPERMICIDE IMPLANTED TECHNIQUE
PHARMACOLOGIC APPROACH
Provides protection for 24 hours. After intercourse, the sponge must be left in place for at least 6 hours before removal
Vaginal Contraceptive Sponge
PHARMACOLOGIC APPROACH
Available without a prescription
Vaginal Contraceptive sponge
HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION (6)
Oral contraceptives
Emergency Contraception
Transdermal Contraceptives
Vaginal rings
LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE AND IMPLANTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES
Intrauterine Devices
contain either a combination of synthetic estrogen and synthetic progestin or a progestin alone
HORMONALCONTRACEPTION
HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION
contain either a combination of ___ ___ and ___ ___ or a ___ alone