[The acceptability of current contraceptive methods to adolescents]

The authors analyze the admissibility of present-day contraception methods in 107 adolescent girls who used oral anteovin and trisiston and in 128 ones who used copper-containing IUDs. Analysis has not revealed noticeable differences in the incidence of side effects in adolescents and a control group of women of a reproductive age. Spontaneous menses recovery occurred in all young patients within 26 to 36 days after the drugs were discontinued, and basal temperature biphasic pattern recovered in 70.2% of girls by the third month after IUD contraception discontinuation. Short courses (up to 6-12 months) of hormonal contraception are advisable for adolescents. IUD contraception complications presenting as expulsions and menstrual cycle disorders were 1.5-2 times more incident in the adolescents than in control women despite the preventive measures taken.