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PROGESTOGEN-ONLY INJECTIONS (DMPA): IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING USING IT

DMPA is a liquid that contains the hormone progestogen, similar to the progestogen in the progestogen-only pill.

Things to think about if you are considering using DMPA

• Once you have the injection, you will have the effect of DMPA in your system for three months. You cannot do anything to stop it or take it away. So while you are covered for contraception for three months, you will also have any side effects for those three months.

• After you stop having injections of DMPA, it may take up to twelve months before your periods get back to normal.

• If you stop having injections of DMPA and you want to be pregnant, it may take a while, though most women will become pregnant within two years.

• If you stop having injections of DMPA and you don’t want to be pregnant, you should use another method of contraception right away. Some women become pregnant very quickly after stopping DMPA.

• DMPA does not protect a woman from sexually transmitted infections (STIs). You may want to think about using condoms as well as DMPA because condoms help to protect you from STIs.

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