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Guidelines : Contraception

Detail

Condition :
Contraception
Keywords :
FSRH, faculty of sexual and reproductive healthcare, protection, CHC, progesterone, IUD, intrauterine, LARC, long acting reversible, POP, vaginal, emergency

Committee Recommendations

Date
Committee Name
Narrative
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14 August 2024

The Medicines Safety Committee recommend the MHRA 'Guidance on contraceptive methods and frequency of pregnancy testing to reduce inadvertent exposures during pregnancy in a woman taking a medicine of teratogenic potential' which can be found in the link below.

 
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07 February 2024

To support the cost effective prescribing of oral contraceptives, a resource has been developed to identify the locally preferred products for both combined and progestogen-only contraceptives.

See document: NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service - local product recommendations.

The recommendations are applicable to both general practice and community pharmacy colleagues and is intended to highlight the locally preferred products and those that are less preferred.

OptimiseRx will be utilised to reinforce these recommendations in general practice.

 
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02 October 2019

The Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee have agreed a guide to contraceptive prescribing in primary care (see attached below), which is a quick reference guidance to be used in conjunction  with NICE Clinical Knwoledge Summaries

 
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Documents

Supplementary documents (CCG specific documents)

No records returned.

Drugs

Below are listed drugs that are used to treat Contraception.