Serum lipid profile in women using levonorgestrel contraceptive implant, Norplant-2

Cholesterol content of major lipoprotein fractions along with total cholesterol (Tc) and triglyceride (Tg) were measured in 65 samples from 35 women using levonorgestrel contraceptive implant, Norplant-2 from the third month of implantation until the end of second year along with twenty-five healthy controls. There were significant decreases in all the fractional lipid values, Tc and Tg, up to the sixth month followed by a gradual rise of all lipid parameters except HDLc which remained much below the control level. Interestingly, VLDLc exhibited a significant rise at the end of the second year.