hormonal implants
Embedded birth control
Hormonal implants are small devices inserted under the skin that release hormones slowly over months or years.
Most commonly, they deliver contraceptive hormones to prevent pregnancy: She got a hormonal implant in her arm.
Other implants deliver testosterone or estrogen for hormone replacement therapy.
The slow-release mechanism provides steady hormone levels without daily pills or injections.
- birth controlPreventing conception intentionally
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
- progesteroneOvarian steroid supporting gestation
- period painDiscomfort during menstruation
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
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Ingested hormonal birth control
daily pill · birth control pill · barrier methods · condoms · diaphragm
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Drugs swallowed whole
topical application · injectable · transdermal patch · suppositories
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Fallopian tube severance surgery
vasectomy · sterilization · hysterectomy · surgical sterilization · natural fertility
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