Contraceptives to reduce incidence of ectopic pregnancies

Pregnancy and its complications have taken a rise with change in life style, however occurrence of ectopic pregnancy defined as a pregnancy that implants outside of the uterus, accounts for 1% to 2% of recognized pregnancies and is associated with short- and long-term sequelae including infertility, and in rare cases maternal mortality.

The journal Contraception reported there was an incidence of 9.5 Ectopic pregnancy per 10,000 woman out of which 84.5% Ectopic pregnancy occurred during no prescription contraceptive use. 

Available contraceptive methods reduce the absolute risk of ectopic pregnancy by lowering the risk of pregnancy overall; however, when there is method failure, pregnancies in women using contraceptives are more likely to be ectopic than pregnancies in women who were not using contraceptives, concluded the authors.

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Ectopic pregnancy prevention: Further evidence of benefits of prescription contraceptives