2019
Relationship between patient characteristics and serum etonogestrel concentrations in contraceptive implant users
Lazorwitz A, Aquilante C, Sheeder J, Guiahi M, Teal S. Relationship between patient characteristics and serum etonogestrel concentrations in contraceptive implant users. Contraception 2019, 100: 37-41. PMID: 30980827, PMCID: PMC6589369, DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2019.03.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum etonogestrel concentrationsContraceptive implant usersBody mass indexBlack/African American raceEtonogestrel concentrationsAfrican American raceMass indexPatient characteristicsImplant useEtonogestrel levelsImplant usersAmerican raceHispanic/Latina ethnicityMedian body mass indexSerum etonogestrel levelsEtonogestrel contraceptive implantSide effect profileReproductive-age womenCertain patient characteristicsIndividual patient characteristicsMajority of womenNon-significant increaseLatina ethnicityMedian ageSerum concentrations
2017
The effect of carbamazepine on etonogestrel concentrations in contraceptive implant users
Lazorwitz A, Davis A, Swartz M, Guiahi M. The effect of carbamazepine on etonogestrel concentrations in contraceptive implant users. Contraception 2017, 95: 571-577. PMID: 28288788, DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2017.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEtonogestrel concentrationsEtonogestrel contraceptive implantCarbamazepine coadministrationFollicle-like structuresOvulatory suppressionEndometrial thicknessMean ageContraceptive implantsPg/Contraceptive implant usersEtonogestrel implant usersSerum etonogestrel concentrationsReproductive-age womenBody mass indexRisk of pregnancyEffects of carbamazepineImplant usersParticipants' mean ageImpact of carbamazepineEtonogestrel levelsMedian durationPharmacodynamic changesTransvaginal ultrasoundMajority of participantsMass index