NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN

LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION

SHOWING DECREASING TREND
IN UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES
Reducing trend in unintended pregnancies are seen with removal of access
barriers to long acting reversible contraception (LARC) and its attributes:

Function for an extended Do not require any user action

period of time to maintain efficacy

As effective Completely
as sterilization reversible

Significant advances in LARC over the past decade and new and future
LARC methods can result in favourably change the contraceptive realm.

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 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN
LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION
SHOWING DECREASING TREND
IN UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES
ADVANCES IN LARC
Improvement in LARC software
(programmatic approaches & service)

Removing cost barriers Dispelling concerns for upper genital

to IUDs and implants tract infection and subsequent infertility

Counselling patients on the superior Aiding in improving Reproductive

efficacy and satisfaction associated Planning in Medically Complex Women
with these devices

Improvement in LARC hardware

(new methods)

Copper IUDs: Newer one have flexible Implants: biodegradable contraceptive

frame, accommodating the uterine implant using poly
contour with a lower total copper load to (u-pentadecalactone-co-p-dioxanone)
increase comfort and decrease bleeding co-polyesters

Frameless IUDs: Lacking cross arms,

they minimally distort the uterine cavity

THE COMBINATION OF LARC SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

CHANGES HOLDS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE
THE POSITIVE TREND IN REDUCING UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES.

Turok DK, et al. New developments in long-acting reversible contraception: the promise of intrauterine devices and implants to improve family planning services. Fertility and Sterility. 2016;106(6):1273-1281.