Contraception Flashcards
1
Q
User dependent methods
A
- Oral contraception
- Barrier methods (condoms)
- Fertility awareness
- Cortus interruptus (pull out)
- Oral emergency contraception
2
Q
Default methods
A
- IUCDS/IUI/IUS
- Progesterone implants
- Progesterone injections
- Sterilisation
3
Q
How do the COCPs work?
A
It causes the production of a supra-physiological level of hormones which induces negative feedback on the HPG-Axis.
This causes the LH surge to decrease and therefore there is no dominant follicle = no ovulation.
