Adverse effects of the contraceptive implant

The subdermal contraceptive implant is a flexible rod that contains a progestin, i.e. hormones that are released continuously. It is a contraceptive method for those women who do not want to conceive in a long period of time, since it is not necessary to change until after 3 or 5 years. There are two types of contraceptive implants for clinical use: Jadell and Implanon, but in both cases they can cause adverse effects.

Some of the symptoms secondary to the use of the contraceptive implant are the following:

• Headache.
• Breast pain.
• Hair growth.
• Dizziness.
• Nausea.
• Mood swings.