Norplant is a type of contraceptive implant for birth control. It was developed by Sheldon J. Segal and Horatio B. Croxatto at the Population Council beginning in 1966, with the first clinical trial in Chile in 1974. It was first approved in Finland on November 23, 1983, where it was manufactured by Leiras Oy Pharmaceuticals. The original Norplant...
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(from the article `contraception`) ...on the contents of the pill. Birth-control drugs need not be administered orally. Depo-Provera, a progesterone available in many countries, is ...
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Time-released birth control, administered through six tiny tubes which are implanted in a woman's upper arm. It remains effective for up five years.
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(nor´plant) trademark for a preparation of levonorgestrel for use as a subdermal contraceptive implant.
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Trademark. a long-term contraceptive for women, usuually effective for 5 years, consisting of several small slow-release capsules of progestin implanted under the skin.
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