Ovarian endocrine function through five years of continuous treatment with NORPLANT subdermal contraceptive implants

Contraception
V BracheL Cochon

Abstract

Ovarian endocrine function was assessed in 88 women using NORPLANT subdermal implants during different periods of use and in a control group of 15 women using non-hormonal contraception. Blood samples for estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P) assays were obtained twice a week for five consecutive weeks. Three distinct E2 patterns were observed: one was characterized by fluctuating levels within a normal range (20 to 400 pg/ml), a second pattern corresponded to continuous low E2 levels (below 75 pg/ml in the 10 samples) and the third was characterized by high broad estradiol peaks reaching over 400 pg/ml. The proportion of sampling runs characterized by normal fluctuating levels increased from 38% in the first two years of use to 80% during the fifth year of use. Low E2 profile was only observed during the first two years of use (27%) and in only 1 case at the beginning of the third year of use (5%). The percentage of cycles with high broad estradiol peaks remained between 20-40% without a clear tendency to change in either direction with duration of use. Thirty-three percent of the observed sampling runs had luteal activity (P above 3 ng/ml). The proportion of runs with luteal activity increased from 14% during the first two year...Continue Reading

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