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Can the NORPLANT SYSTEM (levonorgestrel implants) be used by women who are breast-feeding?

April 26, 2017breast-feeding implants levonorgestrel norplant system Used women

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Can the NORPLANT SYSTEM (levonorgestrel implants) be used by women who are breast-feeding?

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Studies have shown no significant effects on the growth or health of infants whose mothers used levonorgestrel implants beginning six weeks after childbirth. There are no studies or evidence to support the use of the NORPLANT SYSTEM in breast-feeding women earlier than six weeks after childbirth.