PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alexa Nicole Fiffick
AU  - Tara K. Iyer
AU  - Tiffany Cochran
AU  - Pelin Batur
TI  - Update on current contraceptive options: A case-based discussion of efficacy, eligibility, and use
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.90a.22075
DP  - 2023 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 181--190
VI  - 90
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/90/3/181.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/90/3/181.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2023 Mar 01; 90
AB  - With high rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States, it is crucial for clinicians to be well-informed about the full spectrum of contraceptive options to improve reproductive autonomy. We review new contraceptive options including a nonhormonal intravaginal gel, hormonal contraceptives in the form of new pills, patches, and vaginal rings, and combined hormonal contraceptives that contain new estrogens as alternatives to ethinyl estradiol. We review updated prescribing methods for several established hormonal contraceptives such as depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, which is now available for subcutaneous self-injection. Additional choices of available contraceptive methods have important clinical implications that may remove unnecessary barriers to contraceptive use.