IMPORTANT: Thorough counseling about bleeding changes and other side effects must come before giving the injection. Counseling about bleeding changes may be the most important help a woman needs to keep using the method.
Describe the most common side effects
For the first several months, irregular bleeding, prolonged bleeding, frequent bleeding. Later, no monthly bleeding.
Weight gain (about 1–2 kg per year), headaches, dizziness, and possibly other side effects.
Explain about these side effects
Side effects are not signs of illness.
Common, but some women do not have them.
The client can come back for help if side effects bother her.
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