CONTRACEPTION & FERTILITY Flashcards
FOLATE RECOMMENDATIONS
400 MCG FOR ADULTS
600 MCG ONCE PREGNANT
WHICH FORM OF CONTRACEPTION HAS A DELAY IN RETURN TO FERTILITY
MEDROXYPROGESTERONE INJECTION
WHAT FORM OF ESTROGEN IS FOUND IN COC’S
ETHINYL ESTRADIOL (EE)
WHICH FORM OF PROGESTIN IS FOUND IN COC’S
NORETHINDRONE
LEVNORGESTREL
DROSPIRENONE
WHAT MAKES DROSPERINONE UNIQUE
REDUCES ADVERSE EFFECTS COMMONLY SEEN WITH CONTRACEPTIVES
MILD POTASSIUM-SPARING DIURETIC WHICH ↓ BLOATING
WHICH PROGESTINS HAVE LOW ANDROGEN ACTIVITY
DROSPIRENONE
NORGESTIMATE
WHICH OTHER INDICATIONS ARE COC’S USED FOR
DYSMENORRHEA (MESTRUAL CRAMPS)
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS)
ANEMIA
REGULATE MENSES IN POS
ENODMETRIOSIS
WHEN ARE POPs OR MINI PILLS USED
PRIMARILY IN THOSE BREASTFEEDING
CI OR INTOLERANCE TO ESTROGEN
WHICH TYPE OF CONTRACEPTIVES IS COMMONLY USED FOR MIGRAINES WITH AURAS
POPs
POPs REQUIRE GOOD ADHERENCE. HOW SHOULD THE PILL BE TAKEN
WITHIN 3 HOURS OF SCHEDULED DOSE
CONTRACEPTIVE PATCH IS LESS EFFECTIVE IN WHO
XULANE > 198 LBS
TWIRLA > 30 BMI
WHO SHOULD NOT USE PATCHES
WOMEN > 35 YEARS WHO SMOKE
HOW IS DEPO-PROVERA DOSED
IM OR SC EVERY 3 MONTHS
WHEN DOES BLEEDING OCCUR IF USING CONTRACEPTION
DURING WEEK 4 USING PLACEBO PILLS
WHAT DOES EXTENDED CYCLE COC’S DO
INVOLVE 84 DAYS OF ACTIVE HORMONAL PILLS
HAVE PERIOD EVERY 3 MONTHS
WHICH COC IS INDICATED FOR CONTINUOUUS MENSES SUPPRESSION
AMETHYST
GENERAL TIP FOR CONTRACEPTION NAMES:
“LO” INDICATES
≤ 35 MCG OF ESTROGEN
GENERAL TIP FOR CONTRACEPTION NAMES:
“FE” INDICATES
AN IRON SUPPLEMENT IS INCLUDED
GENERAL TIP FOR CONTRACEPTION NAMES:
“24” INDICATES
SHORTER PLACEBO TIME
24 ACTIVE + 4 PLACEBO = 28 DAY CYCLE
PROGESTIN ONLY CONTRACEPTIVE NAMES
ERRIN
CAMILLA
NORA-BE
(NORETHINDRONE)
DROSPIRENONE CONTAINING FORMULATION NAMES
YASMIN 28
YAZ
EXTENDED CYCLE FORMULATION NAMES
SEASONIQUE
BIPHASIC AND TRIPHASIC FORMULATION NAMES
ORTHO TRI-CYCLEAN LO
TRI-SPRINTEC
MONOPHASIC FORMULATIONS NAMES
JUNEL
MICROGESTIN
SPRINTEC
LOESTRIN
YASMIN
YAZ
LO LOESTRIN
