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Susan Brechin

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PubMed2005

FFPRHC Guidance (July 2005): The use of contraception outside the terms of the product licence.

This Guidance provides information for clinicians and women considering the use of contraception outside the terms of the product licence. A key to the grades of recommendations, based on levels of evidence, is given at the end of this document. Details of the methods used by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) in developing this Guidance and evidence tables summarising the research basis of the recommendations are available on the Faculty website (www.ffprhc.org.uk). Abbreviations (in alphabetical order) used include: CEU, Clinical Effectiveness Unit; COC, combined oral contraception/contraceptive; DMPA, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; ENG, etonogestrel; IUD, copper-bearing intrauterine contraceptive device; LNG-IUS, levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system; NET-EN, norethisterone enantate; PGD, Patient Group Direction; PIL, Patient Information Leaflet; POC, progestogen-only contraception/contraceptive; POEC, progestogen-only emergency contraception; POP, progestogen-only pill; RCT, randomised controlled trial; SPC, Summary of Product Characteristics; UPSI, unprotected sexual intercourse; WHO, World Health Organization; WHOMEC, WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use; WHOSPR, WHO Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use.

Contraception↗
PubMed2004

FFPRHC Guidance (January 2004). The copper intrauterine device as long-term contraception.

This Guidance provides information for clinicians providing women with copper-bearing intrauterine devices as long-term contraception. A key to the grades of recommendations, based on levels of evidence, is given at the end of this document. Details of the methods used by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) in developing this Guidance and evidence tables summarising the research basis of the recommendations are available on the Faculty website (www.ffprhc.org.uk). Abbreviations (in alphabetical order) used include: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); actinomyces-like organisms (ALOs); automated external defibrillator (AED); blood pressure (BP); British National Formulary (BNF); confidence interval (CI); copper-bearing intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD); emergency contraception (EC); Faculty Aid to Continuing Professional Development Topic (FACT); levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS); human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA); non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); odds ratio (OR); pelvic inflammatory disease (PID); relative risk (RR); Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG); Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN); sexually transmitted infection (STI); termination of pregnancy (TOP); World Health Organization (WHO); WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria (WHOMEC); WHO Selected Practice Recommendations (WHOSPR).

Consumer Product Safety↗
PubMed2003

A consensus process to adapt the World Health Organization selected practice recommendations for UK use.

The nominal group technique for consensus development was used to consider the World Health Organization Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use for adoption or adaptation in the United Kingdom. The nominal group comprised 11 opinion leaders who agreed that 74% of the WHO recommendations were consistent with current UK practice. Of 63 recommendations considered by the group to be at odds with current practice, 23 were adopted with advice that United Kingdom practice should change in line with WHO. Twenty-five were adopted because, although the group felt that the WHO recommendation differed from practice in the UK, it was unable to reach a consensus on an alternative recommendation. Thirteen WHO recommendations underwent minor revision for UK use. The group rejected two further WHO recommendations [on the timing of starting low-dose progestogen-only contraception (POC) during lactation] but was unable to reach consensus on any alternative guidance. It was agreed clinicians should be left to decide for themselves how to advise breastfeeding women about when to start low-dose POC. A UK version of the WHO Selected Practice Recommendations should help to standardize practice and improve the quality of care for couples using contraception.

Contraception↗
PubMed2003

Management of premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a complex disorder characterized by severe physical and psychological symptoms. The pathophysiology and effective treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder are presented. Evidence for the effective treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder by correction of neuroendocrine abnormalities or suppression of cyclical ovarian activity is reviewed.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy↗