New LILETTA Single Handed IUD Inserter Unveiled to Improve Birth Control Options
Allergan, a well known pharma firm, and Medicines360, a nonprofit pharma firm focusing on women’s issues, are releasing the new LILETTA (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) 52 mg intrauterine device single-handed inserter.
The tool was designed to make the placement of an IUD more consistent and easier due to its one-handed operation, which can be done using either the left or right hand. The tube that’s inserted is bendable and will conform to patient anatomy as it’s pushed toward the uterus.
The device is reloadable if placement proves challenging and it comes down to trying it again.
Some ...
Source: Medgadget - September 15, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Reproductive Medicine Source Type: blogs
Worried About the Effectiveness of Emergency Contraception Pills? Here’s An Alternative
Emergency contraception is tremendously important for women seeking to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. Activists and public health advocates have worked for years to make EC pills more readily available, and have been successful in getting pills such as Plan B available without a prescription or age restrictions.
Emergency contraception pills containing levonorgestrel (including Plan B) may not be right for every woman and situation, however. Though the pills can be taken up to five days after unprotected intercourse, the pills are most effective (95 percent) when taken within 24 hours and become steadily less eff...
Source: Our Bodies Our Blog - November 27, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Rachel Tags: Birth Control & Family Planning Research & Studies Source Type: blogs
New Coverage May Spur Younger Women To Use Long-Acting Contraceptives
This article was produced by Kaiser Health News with support from The SCAN Foundation. Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communication organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. (Source: Our Bodies Our Blog)
Source: Our Bodies Our Blog - February 19, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: OBOS Tags: Birth Control & Family Planning Healthcare System Source Type: blogs
Bayer Sued Over Alleged Hidden Risks of Mirena Contraceptive
Bayer AG (BAYN) was sued over claims the German drugmaker failed to provide disclosures and warnings regarding the health risks associated with its popular contraceptive Mirena.
The label for Mirena, an intrauterine device that prevents pregnancy for as long as five years, doesn’t warn that it can can become embedded in the body or cause an ectopic pregnancy, Pennsylvania resident Tricia Prendergast said in a complaint filed in federal court in Philadelphia. Prendergast required surgery to remove the device after complications, according to her complaint.
Bayer “introduced a product into the stream of commerce which ...
Source: PharmaGossip - January 29, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
