The company that supplied the once-popular but perpetually troubled Norplant contraceptive device has quietly decided to withdraw the product from the U.S. market. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals had ...

The company that supplied the once-popular but perpetually troubled Norplant contraceptive device has quietly decided to withdraw the product from the U.S. market. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals had ...

Nearly a year after the Food and Drug Administration approved Norplant, the contraceptive that works for as long as five years after it is implanted in a woman’s upper arm, public health ...

N E W   Y O R K, Aug. 17 -- The maker of Norplant birth control implants warned doctors last week to suspend insertion of products shipped since October 1999, and urged women implanted after ...

W A S H I N G T O N, Sept. 13 -- The maker of Norplant said today itcannot guarantee certain batches of the birth-control implants areeffective, and announced it will reimburse women who ...

A drug company will pay for thousands of women with the birth-control implant Norplant to buy backup contraception because it cannot guarantee the effectiveness of certain Norplant batches.

She pressed it with a fingertip, and the three remaining prongs of her Norplant protruded slightly from under her skin. “I’d like to have them out as soon as possible,” the Tampa woman said.

The maker of the Norplant contraceptive urged women implanted with certain kits since last October to use another method of birth control while the company continues evaluating whether the kits work.

The contraceptive Norplant has given birth to some unexpected offspring –lawsuits from women who say its implantable capsules are extremely difficult to take out or have caused serious or ...

Q: Is Norplant safe for teen-agers? How does it work? I have trouble remembering to take my birth control pills. A: Studies of Norplant use by teen-agers are just getting under way, but the ...

The maker of Norplant birth control implants is warning doctors not to use implants shipped since last October and is urging women using them to use backup contraception methods. Wyeth-Ayerst ...

Birth control pills cost $20 to $35 a month and often are covered by insurance. When Norplant was available, it cost about $500 for the initial implantation and $100 to $200 to remove the implants.