A Study on the Use of Primolut-N Tablet as a Contraceptive in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana

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Title

A Study on the Use of Primolut-N Tablet as a Contraceptive in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana

Creator

Henry S Opare Addo, Patrick K Britwum, George AO Ampong

Description

Objective: This study investigated into the use of Primolut-N tablet which contains norethisterone (5 mg), popularly called'N-tablet'by users, as a pre-coital contraceptive by women in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana.
Methods: Clients who called at any of the Twenty (20) selected Pharmacies in residential areas within the Kumasi metropolis demanding the drug, with or without valid prescriptions were interviewed using a structured proforma.
Results: Of the two hundred and twenty (220) users interviewed 94% demanded the drug for contraception and 6% for menstrual disorders. Sixty one percent of those demanding it for contraception were between the ages 20-25 years. Respondents preferred the use of norethisterone

Publisher

Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Date

2008

Source

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=NogL9W0AAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=NogL9W0AAAAJ:Tyk-4Ss8FVUC

Language

English