Contraception

What about contraception? What is the best option for young people?

• There is no perfect contraception that will work for everyone.

• All contraceptive options have benefits, disadvantages and side effects and risks, and the ideal option for you may depend on other menstrual symptoms you have and pre-existing medical conditions.

• Contraception options can be divided into most reliable, medium reliability and lower reliability.

• A great summary about contraceptive options in young people, which I wrote recently, can be found here:

  • Royal Children’s Hospital: https://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Contraception/