Adolescents' reasons for and experience after discontinuation of the long-acting contraceptives depo-provera and norplant
Journal of Adolescent HealthPublished 1 August 1996
Zeev Harel, Frank M. Biro, Linda M. Kollar, Joseph L. Rauh
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Health care providers should aggressively manage physical problems associated with Depo-Provera and Norplant use, and expedite the transition to a new contraceptive method to minimize the high pregnancy rate observed after discontinuation of these methods in adolescents.
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Health care providers should aggressively manage physical problems associated with Depo-Provera and Norplant use, and expedite the transition to a new contraceptive method to minimize the high pregnancy rate observed after discontinuation of these methods in adolescents.
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