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 ...

Once the injection has been given, nothing can reverse its effects until the hormone is depleted. ”We made the decision as a clinic not to use Norplant or administer Depo-Provera for similar ...

When Norplant first became available in this country in early 1991, family planning professionals hailed the implant as an important new contraceptive choice for women. And that’s exactly the ...

The maker of the contraceptive Norplant has agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by women who complained of severe side effects.American Home Productsstill insists Norplant is safe.

and Norplant are packaged in a variety of other delivery systems: the Patch, the "Morning after Pill," the monthly injection Lunelle, hormone impregnated IUDs and vaginal inserts, and others.

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 ...

thank you for your time Answer::Any gynaecologist should be able to do this. AN alternative to Norplant would be the Depo provera injection. Step into a world where the truth shines bright, and every ...

Regrouping after a devastating ruling in the Norplant product liability case, 15 women from Maryland have filed a lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore, claiming they suffered through a series of ...

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.

Dr. Sheldon Segal expected Norplant to generate a controversy sooner or later. It was the “sooner” that took him by surprise. On the very morning the FDA approved the long-lasting ...