Nearly 600 women have become pregnant despite using a popular contraceptive implant, a health watchdog has said. There have also been more than 1,600 reports of adverse reactions to the Implanon ...

Etonogestrel 68 mg; implantable rod; latex-free. Implanon is a single implantable rod that contains the synthetic progestin, etonogestrel, which is a metabolite of desogestrel. The contraceptive ...

GPs have been told to undergo proper training before they fit women with contraceptive implants in order to avoid repeating mistakes that have led to hundreds of unwanted pregnancies. Family doctors ...

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The Department of Health says around 1.4 million women have used Implanon since 1999 Nearly 600 women have become pregnant despite using a popular contraceptive implant, a health watchdog has said.

A nurse inserting Implanon, the 3cm long rod contraceptive device HEALTH Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has launched a new contraceptive device which will, from June, be available to women for free at ...

Implanon NXT, which is the size of a matchstick, is a long-acting reversible contraceptive that is inserted in the upper arm and is effective for three years Implanon NXT, which is the size of a ...

Amanda Nicole Vinson of Columbus in Ohio in the United States posted about her horrific experience of using the Nexplanon, or Implanon as it's known in South Africa, contraceptive implant two years ...