Norplant: no problem ... except that it's off the market. (FYI).Updating a two-year old advisory on the provision and use of Norplant contraceptive contraceptive /con·tra·cep·tive/ (-sep´tiv) 1. diminishing the likelihood of or preventing conception. 2. an agent that so acts. implants, the manufacturer of the device has announced some good news and some not-so-good news. (1) In 2000, amid concerns about the effectiveness of the implants from specified lots, Wyeth, the manufacturer, advised health care professionals to stop providing implants from those lots; the company also advised women who already had devices from the lots in question to use a barrier or nonhormonal contraceptive method Noun 1. contraceptive method - birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery contraception birth control, birth prevention, family planning - limiting the number of children born to ensure protection. After conducting several product tests, however, Wyeth announced in July that the implants provided the intended level of contraceptive protection and that women no longer needed to use backup methods. At the same time, citing "limitations in product component supplies," the company said that it will not reintroduce Re`in`tro`duce´ v. t. 1. To introduce again. Verb 1. reintroduce - introduce anew; "We haven't met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself" re-introduce the device to the market. (1.) Wyeth, Back-up contraception no longer required for women using Norplant[R] system, news release, Madison, NJ: Wyeth, July 26, 2002. FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information is compiled and written by Dore Hollander, executive editor of Perspective on Sexual and Reproductive Health Within the framework of WHO's definition of health[1] as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene . |
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