New Birth Control Shot Transforms Into a Long-Lasting Implant—No Clinic Required (gizmodo.com)

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How do you gals feel about something like this? This hasn't gone through clinical trials so still early stages.

I had such bad reactions to the Mirena IUD and minipill, I've been on the oral combo BC since then. I wish I didn't need hormones but they help with heavy/painful periods (even skipping them), birth control, and the estrogen helps with acne. I'm not sure if I can give myself a shot 😬 I'm pretty squeamish around needles and bad with pain.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/26490389

The technology uses tiny crystals to achieve both long-term effectiveness and the convenience of injections.

-EDIT- Fixed URL - sorry all

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[-] undeadotter@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago

Tbh it just feels like another way to administer the same drugs. I wish there was more focus on actually developing birth control that didn't have the wealth of side effects.

I stopped taking BC a few years ago because it had such an effect on my mood but I've sort of resigned myself to starting up with it again.

I have anxiety around things in my body that I can't control so the implant is off the table for me anyway and to me this just feels like an implant but worse.

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