There are growing fears about serious side-effects from two popular contraceptive devices, with claims concerns are being glossed over by pharmaceutical companies. The products are known as ...

Nearly 600 women have become pregnant despite using a popular contraceptive implant, a health watchdog has said. There have also been more than 1,600 reports of adverse reactions to the Implanon ...

Nearly 600 women who used a popular contraceptive implant have had unwanted pregnancies despite believing it would stop them conceiving for up to three years. Complaints about scarring, incorrect ...

The beauty of contraceptive implants is that, once a doctor has tucked one under a woman's skin, she shouldn't have to worry about birth control for several years. At least, that's the theory. But ...

I had the implant put in December 2009. The pain was intense and the bruising covered my whole upper arm. When I pointed this out to the professionals they told me this was perfectly normal and the ...

The NHS has paid out nearly £200,000 in compensation to women who have become pregnant or been injured by a contraceptive implant that is growing in popularity, Channel 4 News reveals. More than a ...

Etonogestrel 68 mg; implantable rod; latex-free. Implanon is a single implantable rod that contains the synthetic progestin, etonogestrel, which is a metabolite of desogestrel. The contraceptive ...

The Family Planning Association tells Channel 4 News the Implanon contraceptive is safe and effective despite figures showing nearly 600 women have fallen pregnant after receiving the implant. Figures ...

Two years ago, Cloe Westerway walked into her local women’s health clinic in order to get the Implanon rod put into her arm – a common birth control procedure that thousands of Australian women ...

Nearly 600 women have become pregnant despite using a popular contraceptive implant, a health watchdog has said. There have also been more than 1,600 reports of adverse reactions to the Implanon ...