Successful use of levonorgestrel intrauterine system in a HIV positive woman

Authors
Citation
H. Cooling, Successful use of levonorgestrel intrauterine system in a HIV positive woman, BR J FAM PL, 25(1), 1999, pp. 25-26
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF FAMILY PLANNING
ISSN journal
01448625 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
25 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0144-8625(199904)25:1<25:SUOLIS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
After trying other contraceptive methods a woman with HIV disease found use of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (IUS) very satisfactory and bene fited from the amenorrhoea it induced. She continued to use condoms. Other advantages of using the IUS were freedom from regular clinic visits, no nee d for daily pill taking, and absence of drug interactions.