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The pill, IUD and implant are all available in Australia but GPs are over-prescribing one, expert says
Like the vast majority of Australian women, Hannah Jones was recommended the pill when she first asked her GP about contraception.
Key points:
- Doctors urged to re-think the ‘one-shoe-fits-all’ approach to contraception
- IUDs are more than 99 per cent effective compared to the pill’s 93 per cent
- Just 11 per cent of scripts for contraception were for IUDs
Her doctor told her it was the best way to regulate her period and reduce menstrual pain.
But as she relied on it for birth control, the next few years were a rollercoaster of worry. Had she remembered to take her morning pill? Could she fall pregnant? What effect was it having on her body?
“There was a period of time where I wasn’t taking it every day. I was taking it a little bit irregularly…
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