Not exact matches
Dreweke pointed to a
study detailing the increased use of long - acting reversible
contraceptives (such as IUDs and implants) among teens; although the
study was only conducted among women who already used contraception, the
efficacy of longer - acting
contraceptives is higher than those of other birth control methods.
Connie Celum, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, who ran a large oral PrEP
study with Truvada that had 73 %
efficacy, says it will be important to compare VOICE and CAPRISA 004 for differences in sexual behaviors, sexually transmitted infections, cervicovaginal inflammation, and
contraceptive use.
In three WHO
studies no trend for a reduced
efficacy with increasing body weight / BMI was observed (Table 1), whereas in the two other
studies (Creinin et al., 2006 and Glasier et al., 2010) a reduced
contraceptive efficacy was observed with increasing body weight or BMI (Table 2).