Contraception simplified with clinical pearls from reproductive health and family planning experts, Dr Angeline Ti, and Dr Moira Rashid. We cover it all including: the menstrual cycle, mechanism of action for various methods of birth control, hormonal versus nonhormonal contraceptives (e.g. intrauterine devices, patches, pills, rings, implants), patient counseling, and lots of resources to make your job easier. Women’s health correspondent, Dr Molly Heublein returns as cohost. Take our self-assessment quiz! Written by: Molly Heublein, MD, Beth Garbitelli and Sarah Roberts, MPH. Edited by Matt Watto, MD Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Time Stamps 00:00 Disclaimer 00:35 Intro 01:32 Guest bios 03:45 One liners, app recommendations, picks of the week 09:32 Picks of the week 12:45 Intro to contraception and a clinical case 13:33 Starting a conversation about contraception 16:55 Is having a period needed? And, which agents cause amenorrhea? 19:28 The menstrual cycle reviewed 23:29 Pros and Cons of long acting progesterone only agents 26:55 Choosing between IUDs 30:00 Who should get a copper IUD 30:53 Mechanism of hormonal IUDs 31:37 Risk with IUDs 34:05 Why are there so many OCPs? 36:05 Counseling patients on risks of OCPs 38:00 Risk of breast cancer with hormonal contraception 42:10 Benefits of hormonal contraception 43:38 Migraines and hormonal contraception 44:53 Mono- vs bi- vs triphasic pills. Does it matter? 46:15 Starting dose for OCPs 48:31 Is the mini pill effective? 49:37 Patches and rings 51:15 Take home points 52:40 Whoops, almost forgot emergency contraception! 56:32 How do copper IUDs work? 58:10 The Curbsiders recap the episode, plus some clinical pearls from Molly about birth 65:00 Outro Tags: contraception, birth control, IUDs, LARCs, mirena, skyla, lilletta, Paragard, OCPs, minipill, birth, control, pills, menstruation, follicular, phase, luteal, side, effects, emergency, contraceptives, ulipristal, ella, plan B, levonorgestrel, women’s, health, internal, medicine, internist, primary, care, family, practice, nexplanon, depo-provera, breast, cancer, family, planning, CDC, MEC, eligibility, criteria, bedsiders, pregnancy, ovulation, meded, foamed, nurse, student, physician, assistant, doctor