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Implanon

Effectiveness:

 

 

 

Advantagtes:

• Lasts up to 3 years.
• Can reduce the number of days and amount of menstrual bleeding. Scanty or no menses reduces problems with anemia.
• Decreases cyclic menstrual cramps, pain, mood changes, headaches, breast tenderness, and/or nausea.
• Suppresses pain associated with ovulation.
• Decreases risk of endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
• Contraceptive effects are reversed immediately after removal.

Disadvantages:

• Possibility of menstrual cycle disturbance
• Possibility of weight gain
• Possibility of depression in some women
• Does not protect against HIV or other STD's
• Allergic reaction to progestin-only formulations (rare)
• Effectiveness can be lowered with use of some medications
• Increases risk for ectopic pregnancy
• Complications of insertion or removal such as: pain, scarring/keloid formation, infection, rare expulsion of the implant, scar tissue formation around the implant making it difficult to remove, and an implant may break.
• Ovarian cysts may develop but usually go away without any treatment.