YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for November, 2000: Re: depo effectiveness

Re: depo effectiveness

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:03:47 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 2 Nov 2000, anonymous wrote: >
>I have been on depo provera for almost a year now, and i was just
>wondering if anyone knows exactly how effective it is. i was told by my
>gyn that she has never seen a pregnancy with this method of birth
>control unless someone was already pregnat prior to the shot or if
>someone had time in between the shots. Any info will help. Thanks

There are many factors involved in this. It is at least as effective as the OCP IF the person is not late for an injection and weighs less than 180 pounds.

RDB

-- R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG

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