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
Lighter bleeding and fewer days of bleeding, irregular bleeding, and infrequent bleeding.
Weight gain, headaches, dizziness, breast tenderness, and possibly other side effects.
Explain about these side effects
Side effects are not signs of illness.
Usually become less or stop within the first few months after starting injections.
Common, but some women do not have them.
The client can come back for help if side effects bother her.
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