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Injected Contraception

Injected contraceptives are given once every 3 months. Most injectables are progestin-only. In the United States, depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera) is the only approved injected contraceptive. Depo-Provera (also called Depo or DMPA) uses a progestin called medroxyprogesterone. Like other progestin contraceptives, Depo-Provera prevents pregnancy by halting ovulation, thickening the cervical mucus, and stopping the implantation of fertilized eggs in the uterine ...

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Expert & Community Posts

What to Ask Your Osteoporosis Doctor

By Neil Gonter, MD , Health Expert

Often one is told they have decreased bone mineralization (osteoporosis or osteopenia) on their... Read more »

Hyaluronic acid injections for osteoarthritis

By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

The easiest way to think of hyaluronic acid injections is that they help replace the joint's... Read more »

Side Effects of Caverject and Penile Injections

By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health Expert

In the previous entry we were discussing injection therapy for erectile dysfunction. It must be... Read more »

How Caverject and Penile Injections Work

By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health Expert

...preparations and can be delivered in two routes (injection or penile suppository). The... Read more »

How Long Do Lupron Injections Work?

By Jay Motola , Health Expert

...surgery and need salvage radiation, but elect to take injections instead, how long will the... Read more »

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Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence): Injections or Topical Treatments

Injections or Topical TreatmentsPenile injections have now largely been replaced by PDE5 inhibitors such as sildenafil. Nevertheless, injection therapies employ various drugs that have properties... Read more »

Botox and Other Wrinkle Injections

...wrinkles, depression under the eyes, lip enhancements, and acne scars. In 2005, more than 3 million Botox injections and more than 1 million hyaluronic acid injections were given.After being... Read more »

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Highlights

...recent study showed that wearing a 5% lidocaine patch every day relieved pain at least as well as an injection with combination lidocaine-steroids.Patients who get two steroid injections 8 weeks... Read more »

Cardiac Catheterization: A Patient Guide

What is cardiac catheterization? A diagnostic procedure performed to detect problems with the heart and its blood supply a catheter is inserted into the body through an artery or vein. A catheter is... Read more »

What is the key to healthy diabetes management? "

...medications are not enough, a type 2 diabetic may be prescribed insulin.Insulin: Taking insulin via injection or an insulin pump is a basic diabetes treatment for type 1 diabetes. The amount of... Read more »

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