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health08_SELF_BirthControl.sPubDate = "4/4/2008 8:10:59 PM GMT";
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health08_SELF_BirthControl.appHeader = "Find better birth control<br>";
health08_SELF_BirthControl.appDeck = "SELF magazine helps you pinpoint the regimen that's right for you.";
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health08_SELF_BirthControl[i-1].body = "<B>Extended regimen pills</B><p><B>How it works:</B> They contain progestin and estrogen. You take Seasonale and Seasonique, for instance, daily for three months, giving you only four periods a year. You take Lybrel 365 days a year, eliminating periods.<p><B>Try it if you...</B> Suffer from life-disrupting PMS symptoms.<p><B>Drawbacks:</B> Spotting or breakthrough bleeding is common but should decrease over time.";

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health08_SELF_BirthControl[i-1].body = "<B>Progestin-only pills</B><p><B>How it works:</B> Daily pills (such as Ortho Micronor); they contain progestin but no estrogen.<p><B>Try it if you...</B> Have heavy flow, are breast-feeding or can't take estrogen.<p><B>Drawbacks:</B> Breakthrough bleeding is common; you must take pills at the same time daily.";

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health08_SELF_BirthControl[i-1].body = "<B>Depo-Provera</B><p><B>How it works:</B> The shot contains progestin and is given four times a year (every 11 to 13 weeks) to help prevent pregnancy for three months. It may result in light or no periods.<p><B>Try it if you...</B> Have severe PMS, heavy flow or forget to take daily pills.<p><B>Drawbacks:</B> Possible bone calcium loss; initial spotting and breakthrough bleeding.";

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health08_SELF_BirthControl[i-1].body = "<B>Hormonal intrauterine devices (IUD</B><p><B>How it works:</B> Mirena, a tiny T-shaped plastic piece, is inserted into the uterus, where it slowly releases small amounts of the hormone levonorgestrel to protect against pregnancy for as long as five years.<p><B>Try it if you...</B> Forget to take daily pills or want to postpone having kids long-term.<p><B>Drawbacks:</B> Health care professionals have a harder time inserting IUDs in women who haven't had children.";

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health08_SELF_BirthControl[i-1].body = "<B>NuvaRing</B><p><B>How it works:</B> A flexible ring is placed inside the vagina for three weeks and releases low doses of estrogen and progestin.<p><B>Try it if you...</B> Forget to take daily pills.<p><B>Drawbacks:</B> Some women claim they can feel the ring when it's in.";

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health08_SELF_BirthControl[i-1].body = "<B>Combination pills</B><p><B>How it works:</B> Ortho Tri-cyclen Lo, for example, contains progestin and estrogen, and you take it daily for three weeks. Yaz, taken daily for 24 days, contains estrogen and DRSP progestin, the only kind of progestin not derived from testosterone.<p><B>Try it if you...</B> Have acne.<p><B>Drawbacks:</B> More periods (as compared with extended regimen pills) make for more period-week symptoms.";

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