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Birth Control vs. NFP Comparison Chart

Another brilliant NFP poster is ready for display at the upcoming Grand Rapids Women's Expo. Take a look and enjoy the reference links for each birth control statement below.

References:

IRREGULAR BLEEDING (IUD):

Farr G, Amatya R. Contraceptive efficacy of the Copper T380A and the Multiload Cu250 IUD in three developing countries. Adv Contracept. 1994;10:137–49.


IRREGULAR BLEEDING (IMPLANT):

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00064766


IRREGULAR BLEEDING (DEPO-PROVERA SHOT):

SARINA SCHRAGER, M.D., University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin. Am Fam Physician. 2002 May 15;65(10):2073-2081.


IUD CAN CAUSE STERILITY:

Physicians' Desk Reference, 62nd Ed., (Montvale, NJ: Thomson PDR, 2008), p. 1055-1056.


DEPO-PROVERA CAN CAUSE STERILITY:

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2010/020246s036lbl.pdf


PAINFUL INSERTION OF IUD:

https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824%2813%2900598-2/fulltext


INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER:

https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/ageing/cocs_hrt_statement.pdf


RISK OF UTERINE PERFORATION:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29322856

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