The American Academy of Pediatrics has just recommended the intrauterine device as the best form of birth control for teenage girls other than periodic abstinence. These recommendations published in the professional journal Pediatrics praise the merits of a method of contraception little used by adolescent girls but nevertheless effective.
Many young girls still think that the IUD is only for women who have had children. The American Academy of Pediatrics wants to fight this misconception and recommend that pediatricians advise adolescent girls looking for a method of contraception: “in decreasing order of effectiveness, contraceptive implants, intrauterine devices and finally contraception oral “.
Doctors point out that oral contraception is the least effective option in teenage girls because many fail to use it correctly and forget to take it every day. They point out that in the United States about 18% of young girls who use the male condom as a method of contraception experience an unwanted pregnancy, compared to 0.8% of young girls who have an IUD.
In France, the IUD is more and more prescribed
In France, the National Institute for Prevention and Education for Health (Inpes) has launched a site which allows everyone to choose the most effective contraception and which will be best suited to their situation. The copper IUD (that is, the IUD not impregnated with progestin) is in the correct position, behind the implant and the hormonal IUD.
Recall that last year, the largest increase in contraceptive prescriptions concerns copper intrauterine devices, sales of which increased by 47%. “We have even observed an increase of more than 50% in women aged 20 to 39” announced the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM).
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