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WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) (NYSE: MRK) today announced that NEXPLANON® (etonogestrel implant) 68 mg, a long-acting, ...

If hormonal birth control were a person, it would be celebrating its 65th birthday this year, making it eligible for Medicare. Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first gave the ...

If you live with migraine, you do have additional considerations when it comes to use of hormonal contraception.

Implanon and Nexplanon are hormonal birth control implants that the FDA has approved. They are about 99% effective over 3 years. There are other options in development that may be better for ...

Nexplanon, a matchstick-sized implant, is placed in a woman's body and releases hormones that keep her from getting pregnant. But Circa discovered the product has the potential to migrate, or move.

CBS Denver reports Ebony Cole got the hormone implant called Nexplanon inserted in her arm in January at a Kaiser Permanente medical office. It's supposed to prevent pregnancy for three years.

According to the CDC, 0.05 percent of general implant users got pregnant in a given year, compared to 0.2 percent of hormonal IUD users and 9 percent of women who used birth control pills.

Searching for the right birth control can feel like a serious quest, and sometimes it takes trial and error to decide on the ...

The recently-unveiled campaign supports Nexplanon, a contraceptive implant that can last for three years. The idea for the campaign stemmed from the desire to broaden awareness about birth control ...

Ebony Cole got the hormone implant called Nexplanon inserted in her arm in January at a Kaiser Permanente medical office. It's supposed to prevent pregnancy for three years.