Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Open Access

Review Article

A Contraceptive Review and Update

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic Ob/Gyn Consulting Staff, Rochester, USA

*Corresponding Author:

Mary L Marnach, MD, FACOG
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mayo Clinic Ob/Gyn Consulting Staff, Rochester, MN, USA
Tel: 507-266-6651
E-mail: Marnach.Mary@mayo.edu

Received date: September 07, 2017; Accepted date: September 12, 2017; Published date: September 15, 2017

Citation: Marnach ML (2017) A Contraceptive Review and Update. J Community Med Health Educ 7:554. doi:10.4172/2161-0711.1000554

Copyright: © 2017 Marnach ML. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

There are many effective, well-tolerated, safe and readily reversible contraceptives. Clinicians should remain informed regarding contraceptive methods, including emergency contraception. The following is a concise summary of the important aspects of various contraceptives, including current recommendations for options that may be tailored to the unique needs of individual women.

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