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You will be given a User Card which contains some details for you to keep.The area around the implant may be bruised and sore for a few days, but the wound will soon heal just like any other small cut. You will be given an injection of local anaesthetic to numb your skin, and a special needle will be used to put the implant in place. It will be put in the inner side of your upper arm. The implant is usually first inserted within five days of a period starting, to ensure that you are not pregnant.Once this is confirmed, it is effective straightaway. A check will be made to ensure it is inserted correctly. The implant will be inserted for you by a person who has been specially trained.If, as a result of reading the leaflet, you have any questions, please discuss them with your doctor/nurse before you have the implant.

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The manufacturer's leaflet will give you important information about the implant and will provide a full list of the side-effects which you may experience from it. Before you are given the implant you will be asked to read the printed information leaflet from the implant package.This is because some medicines interfere with the way progestogen contraceptives work. If you are taking any other medicines, including those available to buy without a prescription, as well as herbal and complementary medicines.If you have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine.If you have ever had a depressive illness.If you have a rare inherited blood disorder called porphyria.If you have had breast cancer or a cancer that you have been told is dependent on a sex hormone.

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If you have ever had an ectopic pregnancy or if you have developed severe itching or yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes (jaundice) during a pregnancy.

If you have systemic lupus erythematosus, an inflammatory condition often called SLE.

If you have an ovarian cyst, or any vaginal bleeding other than your normal monthly period.

If you have a problem with your arteries, called arterial disease.

If you have any problems with the way your liver works.

If you think you could already be pregnant.

For these reasons, before having NexplanonВ® it is important that your doctor knows: Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine may only be used if extra care is taken. This stops sperm getting through to the uterus to fertilise an egg. In addition, the mucus which forms a plug in your cervix becomes thicker. It also changes the lining of your womb (uterus) to make it less likely that an egg would attach to it, even if an egg were to fertilise. NexplanonВ® is the brand name of the etonogestrel implant prescribed in the UK at present.Д®tonogestrel works mainly by stopping ovulation (the release of an egg from the ovary). Each implant will provide contraception for up to three years. It releases etonogestrel slowly into your bloodstream. The implant is a small flexible tube which is put under the surface of your skin on your upper arm. An implant containing etonogestrel is a long-acting, effective and convenient form of contraception. Etonogestrel is a progestogen, which is a female sex hormone similar to the progesterone hormone made naturally by your ovaries.