-34290036195000Chasten H. Taala Grade 12- Goodness Essays - Health

-34290036195000Chasten H. Taala Grade 12- Goodness Essays - Health -34290036195000Chasten H. Taala Grade 12- Goodness IN THE KNOW: What's Implanon ? 07:20 AM September 04, 2017 07620000 An implanon contraceptive is inserted under the skin of a woman's arm to control her fertility for three years. JUNJIE MENDOZA/CEBU DAILY NEWS Implanon is a small, flexible, thin plastic rod that is inserted under the skin of a woman's upper arm to prevent pregnancy. The implant slowly releases etonogestrel into the body over a three-year period. Etonogestrel is similar to a natural hormone the body makes. It works mainly by preventing the release of an egg or ovulation during the menstrual cycle. ADVERTISEMENT It also makes vaginal fluid thicker to help prevent sperm from reaching an egg and changes the lining of the uterus to prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to its wall. Implanon is manufactured by NV Organon. The Supreme Court prohibited the Department of Health (DOH) on June 17, 2015, from procuring, selling, distributing, dispensing or administering, advertising and promoting the hormonal contraceptives Implanon and Implanon NXT because this prevented pregnancy for up to three years. In the same ruling, the high tribunal stopped the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from granting pending applications for reproductive products, including contraceptives. In August 2016, the high court rejected the DOH appeal to lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) that barred it from providing Implanon and Implanon NXT contraceptives to the public due to its failure to conduct public hearings on these products' acquisition and distribution. Instead, the high court remanded the case to the FDA to check if the products have abortifacient side effects. The DOH would have to go through the certification process with the FDA from scratch. In July, President Duterte said he wanted the full implementation of the reproductive health law, noting that the Supreme Court's TRO affects the distribution of the two birth control implants. Inquirer Research Sources: Inquirer Archives, www.merck.com , webmd.com Chasten H. Taala Grade 12- Goodness The birth control implant is a tiny, thin rod about the size of a matchstick. It's also called Nexplanon and there's a slightly older version called Implanon. A doctor inserts the implant under the skin of your upper arm. It releases the hormone progestin to stop you from getting pregnant. Progestin thickens the mucus on yourcervix, which stopsspermfrom swimming through to youregg. When sperm can't meet up with an egg, pregnancy can't happen. Progestin can also stop eggs from leaving yourovaries(calledovulation), so there's no egg to fertilize. When eggs aren't released, you can't get pregnant. One of the awesome things about the implant is that it lasts for a long time, up to 4 years but it's not permanent. If you decide you want to get pregnant or you just don't want to have your implant anymore, your doctor can take it out. You're able to get pregnant quickly after the implant is removed. The implant can have negative side effects. Some people have side effects after getting Nexplanon, but many adjust to the implant with few or no problems at all. Negative side effects usually go away after a few months, once your body gets used to your implant. The most common side effect is irregular bleeding (aka spotting), especially in the first 6-12 months. Sometimes the implant causes long-term spotting, or periods get longer and heavier. But for most people, the implant makes their periods way lighte r, 1 in 3 people with the implant stop getting their periods at all after a year. It's totally safe to not get a period while you're on Nexplanon. And you don't need to worry about being pregnant even if you don't get a period, because the implant is really, really effective birth control. Other possible side effects that aren't as common include: h eadaches , b reast pain , n ausea , w eight gain , o varian cysts , p ain or b ruising where the implant was inserted , infection where the implant was inserted . I am not in favor of this because t hey work against the natural gift of fertility, treating pregnancy as if it were a disease and fertility as if it were a pathological condition. Some methods can also act to prevent