Word: diaphragmic
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...women who quit the Pill become pregnant, because other contraceptive methods are available. But with them the risk of unwanted pregnancy is far greater: the failure rate is two to four times as high with the IUD (intrauterine device), and ten to 30 times as high with the diaphragm...
Then the doctor can quickly decide whether the Pill carries an unacceptable risk for this particular patient. If it does, he is ethically obliged to refuse her the prescription and to suggest some other contraceptive such as a diaphragm or IUD. If all U.S. doctors followed these rules they could avert many, perhaps a majority, of the severe and fatal Pill reactions now being reported...
...septic abortion, which is notoriously hazardous to life. Nonetheless, a one-to-one comparison of the risks of the Pill and those of pregnancy would be invalid. That is largely because a woman who chooses not to use the Pill has other alternatives for avoiding pregnancy-such as the diaphragm, foam, the intrauterine device or her husband's condom...
...study suggest that it was badly designed. But bits and pieces of the findings have been carefully leaked to the press by anti-Pill crusaders. The essence: among women on the Pill, Dubrow and Melamed found twice as many cases of cell changes as among women using diaphragms. They call these changes "carcinoma in situ" (literally "cancer in place," as distinct from cancer that has spread). This condition is also known as "carcinoma, stage zero," and as a "precancerous condition," although it does not always lead to cancer. What is not clear is whether these women had any greater incidence...
...similar progestin is being tested by the Upjohn Co. in a novel form. Upjohn technicians have made vaginal rings of Silastic (silicone rubber) impregnated with medroxyprogesterone (Provera). The rings are of the same spring-reinforced design as the ring of a diaphragm, but there is no cap. The woman inserts the ring five days after the beginning of a menstrual period, removes it after 21 days, and throws it away. She should menstruate within two days, and start the 28-day cycle again with a new ring five days later...