The only contraceptive implant currently available in the U.K. and the U.S. is called Nexplanon. This implant releases a slow, steady dose of progestin — a synthetic version of the hormone ...

Progestogen-only implants do not appear to affect BMD and there is limited information on other progestogen-only contraceptives. Evidence shows that BMD recovers after discontinuation of DMPA in ...

Progestin-only contraceptives, including pills and implants, carried a slightly elevated risk, though lower than the combined pills, they found. But non-oral combined contraceptives, such as the ...

levonorgestrel implant, Depo-Provera injection) are not usually recommended before 6 weeks postpartum unless other more appropriate methods are not available or not acceptable. Progestin-only ...