Progestin-Only Pills (POPs)

Progestin ý
 POPs:

 35-pill pack: 300 µg levonorgestrel or 350 µg

norethindrone
 28-pill pack: 75 µg norgestrel
Progestin-only Pills Progestin Content Amount (µg)

Microlut7 Levonorgestrel 300

Micronor7 Norethindrone 350
Ovrette7 Norgestrel 75
POPs:
 Progestins

 Progestins LH FSH
GnRH pituitary

 FSH
Ovary) (Follicle)
 estradiol
 Progestins estradiol
 POPs: ý

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 estrogen
 POPs:

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 POPs:

 rifampin –TB epilepsy

) COCs
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 (e.g;
HIV,HBV)
 POPs ?

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 POPs ?

 (BP < 180/110)

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 estrogen
 Progestin
 POPs:
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 POPs:
(WHO Class 4)

Source: WHO 1996.

 POPs:
(WHO Class 3)
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 ($ 160/100 and < 180/110)

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Source: WHO 1996.

 POPs:
(WHO Class 3)

 TB Epilepsy
Source: WHO 1996.
 POPs:

 (with or without prolonged

bed rest)
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 Va
lvular heart disease (symptomatic or asymptomatic)
 POPs: ?

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POPs:

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 COCs (30-50 µg EE)

 Ibuprofen (up to 800 mg 3 times daily x 5 days)

1Remind client to expect bleeding after completing COCs.
 POPs:

 hemoglobin
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 COCs (30-50 µg EE)

 Ibuprofen (up to 800 mg 3 times daily x 5 days)

1Remind client to expect bleeding after completing COCs.
POPs:

 High dose estrogen (50 µg EE COC, or 1.25

mg conjugated estrogen)
 POPs:

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 POPs
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 POPs:

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 POPs:
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 rifampin –TB epilepsy )

POPs
POPs

 (e.g., HBV, HIV/AIDS)

 POPs: