ReviewOpen access journal of contraception2016
Unscheduled bleeding and contraceptive choice: increasing satisfaction and continuation rates.
Review in Open access journal of contraception, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative effectiveness and safety of different progestins in combined oral contraceptives: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Pooled it
- Development of breakthrough bleeding model of combined-oral contraceptives utilizing model-based meta-analysis.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- Bleeding profile of women using a drospirenone-only pill 4 mg over nine cycles in comparison with desogestrel 0.075 mg.PloS one · 2020Trial
- A multicenter, double-blind, randomized trial on the bleeding profile of a drospirenone-only pill 4 mg over nine cycles in comparison with desogestrel 0.075 mg.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2019Trial
- Norethindrone is superior to combined oral contraceptive pills in short-term delay of menses and onset of breakthrough bleeding: a randomized trial.BMC women's health · 2019Trial
- Cheek acupuncture therapy combined with Chinese herbal medicine for female chronic pelvic pain: a retrospective study.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2026Article
- Contraceptive-induced menstrual changes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Ethinylestradiol Transfer into Breast Milk of Women Using Low-Dose Combined Hormonal Contraception Is Negligible.Open access journal of contraception · 2025Article
- Exploring the Feasibility of a Bracketing Approach Utilizing Modeling for Development of Long-Acting Injectables for Regulatory Approval-A Case Study Using Levonorgestrel.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Treatments of unscheduled vaginal bleeding due to progestin-only contraception.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Early discontinuation of long-acting reversible contraceptives and associated factors among women discontinuing long-acting reversible contraceptives at national referral hospital, Kampala-Uganda; a cross-sectional study.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2023Article
- A Field Test of the NORMAL Job Aid With Community Health Workers in Kenya to Address Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes.Global health, science and practice · 2023Article
- Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Among COVID-19 Vaccinated and Recovered Women: a National Survey.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2023Article
- Understanding contraceptive failure: an analysis of qualitative narratives.Women's reproductive health (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023Article
- Fasting blood glucose, blood pressure and body mass index among combined oral contraceptive users in Chencha town Southern Ethiopia, 2019.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- What Have We Learned? Implementation of a Shared Learning Agenda and Access Strategy for the Hormonal Intrauterine Device.Global health, science and practice · 2022Article
- Bleeding Patterns of Oral Contraceptives with a Cyclic Dosing Regimen: An Overview.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Leveraging the Client-Provider Interaction to Address Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Scoping Review of the Evidence That Links Them.Global health, science and practice · 2021Article
- Expanding long-acting contraceptive options: a prospective cohort study of the hormonal intrauterine device, copper intrauterine device, and implants in Nigeria and Zambia.The Lancet. Global health · 2021Article
- Oral Progestins in Hormonal Contraception: Importance and Future Perspectives of a New Progestin Only-Pill Containing 4 mg Drospirenone.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2021Article
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Abstract
Approximately half (51%) of the 6.6 million pregnancies in the US each year are unintended and half of those pregnancies (54%) occur among women not using contraception. Many women discontinue their contraceptives due to method dissatisfaction. Bothersome unscheduled bleeding is one of the main reasons cited by women for stopping a birth control method. Improving counseling and management of these side effects will aide in increasing satisfaction with contraceptive methods. The following review will discuss the bleeding profiles associated with the contraceptive options available in the US. A valuable resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use, will be introduced. Definitions of the types of unscheduled bleeding are included, as well as strategies for treatment for each contraceptive method. The evidence whether or not anticipatory counseling increases continuation rates will also be reviewed.
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