Contraception

Back-up contraception no longer required with Norplant

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 5th, 2002

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (WYE), is announcing that users of its Norplant System (levonorgestrel implants) no longer need a back-up, barrier, or other nonhormonal method of contraception such as condoms, spermicides, diaphragms, or IUDs.

This development is the result of several product tests of Norplant conducted by the company that have not suggested lower contraceptive effectiveness than that reported in clinical trials and the product labeling.

This is an update to the August 10, 2000, and September 13, 2000, letters that advised healthcare professionals to discontinue insertion of Norplant kits from lots distributed beginning...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-09-05)

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