Contraception
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Contraception treatments
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Available treatments
Understanding Contraception — Your GP's Guide
Contraception helps prevent pregnancy and can also regulate periods, reduce period pain and improve acne. The UK offers a wide range of methods, from daily pills to long-acting coils and implants.
Contraceptive Treatments Guide
Choosing the Right Contraception: A Doctor's Perspective
What is contraception?
Contraceptives use hormones, barriers or devices to stop sperm meeting an egg or to prevent ovulation. No method is 100% effective, but correct use gives reliable protection.
When to seek medical advice
Speak to a GP, sexual health clinic or pharmacist to discuss which method suits you. Seek urgent help for missed pills plus unprotected sex (emergency contraception is needed within 5 days).
Available treatments
Options include combined pill, progestogen-only pill (including Hana and Lovima over the counter), patch, vaginal ring, injection, implant, hormonal coil (IUS) and copper coil (IUD). Condoms also protect against STIs.
What to expect
Some methods take time to adjust. Light bleeding or mood changes in the first three months are common. Fertility returns quickly after stopping most methods.
Self-care
Set a daily pill reminder, check expiry dates on condoms, keep coil and implant appointments, and use condoms alongside hormonal methods for STI protection.