At least according to this breathtakingly irresponsible site registered to a "medical education firm" called Projects in Knowledge, Inc.
"It works -- 100% of the time," said Dr. DeCherney. Side effects are mainly minor - such things as mood changes, fluid retention, acne, and spot bleeding. And the only major risk is death from cardiovascular causes, such as thromboembolism, which are rare.
Much the same can be said about all of the other methods. They work more or less well, and they're more or less safe. The condom and diaphragm, for instance, work pretty much 100% of the time - as long as they're used - and have few, if any, side effects, said Dr. DeCherney.
He must mean "as long as they're used perfectly." Typical user effectiveness of oral contraceptives is only 95 percent (Pearl index). The typical user effectiveness of condoms---that's averaged over all users---has varied in studies. It ranges from 95% to 80%. Diaphragms? 96% to 80%.
Let's review:
For every twenty Pill users in a given population, one gets pregnant within a year of use.
For every twenty condom users in a given population, one to four get pregnant within a year.
Four every twenty-five diaphragm users in a given population, one to five get pregnant within a year.
So when writing a website aimed at doctors who treat the general population, you should insist that all three of these birth control methods are either 100% effective or "pretty much" 100% effective?
Somebody's been dipping into the free pharm samples again.
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