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Contraceptive Selection in Diabetes Mellitus

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Contraceptive Selection in Diabetes Mellitus

  • Indications
  • Highly effective Contraception where pregnancy risk is too high
  1. Poorly controlled diabetes (increased risk of major Congenital Anomaly)
  2. Severe macrovascular and microvascular complications
  • Management
  1. Oral Contraceptives with low-dose Estrogen and less androgenic Progestin
  2. Intrauterine Device (Copper-T IUD or, based on recent data, Mirena IUD)
  3. Avoid Depo Provera