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  • Title: Contraceptives and teens: what are the options?
    Journal: Contracept Technol Update; 2000 Sep; 21(9):109-11. PubMed ID: 12296243.
    Abstract:
    This article focuses on the contraceptive options of adolescents to prevent unintended pregnancy. Based on the Contraceptive Technology Update 2000 Contraceptive Survey involving health care providers, 90% of the respondents will provide injectable depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera or DMPA) to young teens. Meanwhile, in surveying providers¿ practices with regard to the possible link between DMPA use and diminishing bone mass, about half of the providers inform patients of such an effect and about 30% use other methods, such as counseling on calcium supplementation and weight-bearing exercise. However, just-released research revealed that DMPA's impact on bone density might be a short-term or current-user effect, apparently without long-term implications. On the other hand, when providers were asked for the treatment of severe dysmenorrhea in women who are not sexually active and have no plans to engage in such activity, 45% of respondents said they would prescribe an oral contraceptive and a prostaglandin inhibitor.
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