The company that supplied the once-popular but perpetually troubled Norplant contraceptive device has quietly decided to withdraw the product from the U.S. market. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals had ...

Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories used to revel in stories like Stephen Heartwell's. When the company introduced the contraceptive Norplant to the U.S. market in 1991, the nine community clinics Heartwell ...

The Paquin School is a simple brick box of a building in a working-class Baltimore neighborhood. It doesn't look like the setting for a social experiment, but it is. Paquin's 300 students are all ...

Q: Is Norplant safe for teen-agers? How does it work? I have trouble remembering to take my birth control pills. A: Studies of Norplant use by teen-agers are just getting under way, but the ...

A new contraceptive that is implanted in the upper arm and remains effective for three years will be made widely available in the United States early next year, filling a gap in birth control options ...

Paula already had two children and wanted to hold off on a third, so she asked her gynecologist for Norplant. Fifteen months later, she discovered that the six matchstick-sized contraceptive capsules ...

I’ve heard of the Norplant System for birth control. Where can I have it done? Does insurance pay for any of it? –Needs Norplant Dear Needs Norplant, Norplant is a progestin-only contraceptive method ...

I am one of the 500,000 American women who have opted for Norplant, a birth-control device implanted in the upper arm. Norplant is one more birth-control option for women, but before presuming it can ...

The contraceptive Norplant has given birth to some unexpected offspring –lawsuits from women who say its implantable capsules are extremely difficult to take out or have caused serious or intolerable ...

From reading The Sun one would think women are obligated to keep Norplant in place for five years. In fact, as should be stated in every article, Norplant can be removed at any time with fertility ...

The maker of the contraceptive Norplant has agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by women who complained of severe side effects.American Home Productsstill insists Norplant is safe. But at ...