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ORIGINAL: OneMoreWaste

To my mind, the difference with Norplant and IUDs (do they still make those?) is that they're inserted and removed by doctors, and meant to be left for years on end. So they fall under the category of surgical appliances, like implants, organ transplants, and bionic limbs.

Geez, maybe it *is* just me

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ORIGINAL: rozenwyn

the point behind the article was yes i may have been wrong about it  being illegal, but it also isn't available in the states unless you had the implant prior to the company discontinuing distribution in the states.~shrugs~ 

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ORIGINAL: slaveluci
If it's that hard to remember to swallow your meds everyday and take the one second out of your busy life it takes to do it everyday, you really really need to think about NuevaRing 'cuz having an offspring in your life is really gonna tax you..............luci

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ORIGINAL: rozenwyn

ok so the nuvaring doesn't  squick me out... especially as i won't use the pill or the depo shot since those both caused severe weight gain for me, last i knew when i was researching that norplant was illegal in the united states, yes the iud is still made (i have metal allergies) but another one to look into that is IUD like is the mirena does the same thing as the IUD but is made out of plastic instead of copper 

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ORIGINAL: rozenwyn

Norplant discontinued in the United States By 1996, more than 50,000 women had filed lawsuits, including 70 class actions, against Wyeth and/or its subsidiaries, or doctors who prescribed Norplant.[7] Wyeth never lost a Norplant lawsuit.[8] On August 26, 1999, after winning 3 jury verdicts, 20 pretrial summary judgments and the dismissal of 14,000 claims, Wyeth offered out-of-court cash settlements of $1,500 each to about 36,000 women who contended that they had not been adequately warned about possible side effects of Norplant such as irregular menstrual bleeding, headaches, nausea and depression. Wyeth said that most of the plaintiffs experienced routine side effects described in Norplant's labeling information. Wyeth did not admit to any wrongdoing, saying the settlement offer "was purely a business decision," noting "our legal success has come at a steep price because lawsuits are time-consuming, expensive, and have a chilling effect on research," and that it would continue to offer Norplant and would defend "any and all new lawsuits aggressively."[9][10] About 32,000 women accepted the out-of-court $1,500 settlements. On August 14, 2002, Wyeth won partial summary judgment and dismissal of the claims of the 2,960 remaining plaintiffs who had not accepted Wyeth's out-of-court settlement offer.[11] In August 2000, Wyeth suspended shipments of Norplant in the United States because during regular quality assurance monitoring, representative samples of seven lots distributed beginning October 20, 1999 tested within product specifications, but at the lower end of the release rate specification for shelf life stability, raising concerns about those lots' contraceptive effectiveness. Wyeth recommended that women who had Norplant capsules from those lots implanted use backup contraception until they determined the clinical relevance of the atypically low levels of levonorgestrel release.[12] On July 26, 2002, Wyeth announced that data from investigations conducted in women with Norplant capsules from the suspect lots did not suggest less contraceptive effectiveness than that reported in clinical trials, and that therefore backup contraception could be safely discontinued. Wyeth also announced that due to limitations in product component supplies, they did not plan to resume marketing the six-capsule Norplant system in the United States.[link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norplant#cite_note-12][/link]

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ORIGINAL: rozenwyn

i know with the mirena they suggest it for women who already atleast have a child, but i've never heard of an age limit know a girl last year who was 19 and got the iud.. so no i don't think that there is an age limit.

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ORIGINAL: RainydayNE

the idea of nuvaring doesn't bother me
but i dont like hormones period and i wonder if it's noticable to a partner?
hormones make me freak out, but the idea of an implant makes me freak out, too =p
i've thought about IUDs (do you have to be a certain age/have had kids before you can get one?) and asked a few questions on another thread but nobody read it anymore after that =p