IMPORTANT: Thorough counseling about bleeding changes and other side effects must come before inserting implants. Counseling about bleeding changes may be the most important help a woman needs to keep using the method.
Describe the most common side effects
Changes in her bleeding pattern:
Irregular bleeding that lasts more than 8 days at a time over the first year.
Regular, infrequent, or no bleeding at all later.
Headaches, abdominal pain, breast tenderness, and possibly other side effects.
Explain about these side effects
Side effects are not signs of illness.
Most side effects usually become less or stop within the first year.
Common, but some women do not have them.
Client can come back for help if side effects bother her.
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