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26 year old attends to ask about contraception. She was taking the COC until 2 years ago. She was then very unwell with abdominal problems and was discovered to have a liver tumour. She has had surgical treatment for this and been told her prognosis is good. She is still under f/u.
She is in a long term relationship but would not want to be pregnant now nor in the next 2 years.
Introduction - Key Points
Contraceptive methods for contraceptive purposes.
Each category should be considered independently.
A: INTRODUCTION
explanation of medical eligibility criteria, references, abbreviations, changes from previous, development, consensus group
B: CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
each method has a section and for each method a classification is given for its use in patients with certain medical conditions
C: SUMMARY
summary pages of the full text version
"The UKMEC should be used as a guide to safe use of contraception however, this should not replace clinical judgement and evaluation in individual situations."
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18 year old female attends requesting repeat prescription of the combined oral contraceptive pill. Previous prescriptions were done by another doctor. On direct questioning you discover she has migraines with visual loss. Her last migraine occurred 5 years ago. She is very reluctant to change to another method.
Released in 2006 and updated 2009.
Based on the World Health Organisation medical eligibility criteria which was produced to be used by countries internationally to adapt to their own needs.
Developed using evidence based medicine and expert consensus at the Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health UK.
45 year old attends due to heavy bleeding which she is aware is because of endometriosis. She tells you she can't have any hormones as she had a DVT age 30 prior to the 2 pregnancies she has had. Due to the DVT she had clexane in pregnancy. She is keen to avoid further surgery for endometriosis because of her past DVT.