by Managing Contraception | Jun 13, 2022 | Ask Dr. Z, Miscellaneous
Question: “Hi there. I am a women’s health NP. I work independently. Recently I saw a 44 yr. old new patient who is on combined oral contraceptives and also on norethindrone day 10 to 21 of her cycle. She stated her previous gyn prescribed the additional...
by Managing Contraception | Jun 13, 2022 | Ask Dr. Z, Miscellaneous
Question: “Is there a specific amount of weight gain in a client that would be unacceptable to continuing DMPA if that is her method of choice? We have tried other options and she wants to use DMPA despite a significant amount of weight gain. Thank you.”...
by Managing Contraception | Jun 13, 2022 | Ask Dr. Z, Miscellaneous
QUESTION (submitted 1/09/2022): “When prescribing a birth control for a breastfeeding mom who is breastfeeding at least 4x day but who has experienced breakthrough bleeding, ie got a period, and now wants to start on an oral birth control (wants something easy...
by Managing Contraception | May 31, 2022 | Ask Dr. Z, Miscellaneous, Newsletter
Surprising news about female sterilization Or “permanent contraception†(the new term): It was huge news in 1996 when a large study (CREST) was published and we learned that female sterilization, or having your tubes tied, failed much more often than we had...