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In a double-blind trial of 65 etonogestrel-implant users with frequent or prolonged bleeding, a five-day course of tranexamic acid worked no better than placebo on any bleeding measure.
Two systematic reviews point the same way: for the pill, IUDs, implants and most methods, about 8 in 10 women conceive within a year of stopping — similar to using no method at all.
A million-woman Danish cohort found a modest rise in antidepressant use among hormonal contraceptive users. A Cochrane review of weight found no evidence the pill causes weight gain.
The numbers most methods advertise are perfect-use figures from clinical trials. In everyday use the pill fails about seven users in 100 a year, the condom about 13, withdrawal about 20.
Pooling a decade of research on women with hypertension, diabetes and obesity, researchers found modest blood pressure and metabolic shifts only in select high-risk subgroups.