"Drug Implants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Small containers or pellets of a solid drug implanted in the body to achieve sustained release of the drug.
| Descriptor ID |
D004343
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.255.210.315
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Implants" by people in Profiles.
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Sexual behaviour among women using intramuscular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device, or a levonorgestrel implant for contraception: Data from the ECHO randomized trial. PLoS One. 2024; 19(5):e0299802.
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Sexually transmitted infections among women randomised to depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device or a levonorgestrel implant. Sex Transm Infect. 2021 06; 97(4):249-255.
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Closing the Gap: Ensuring Access to and Quality of Contraceptive Implant Removal Services is Essential to Rights-based Contraceptive Care. Afr J Reprod Health. 2019 Dec; 23(4):19-26.
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Projecting the fiscal impact of South Africa's contraceptive needs: Scaling up family planning post 2020. S Afr Med J. 2019 Sep 30; 109(10):756-760.
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Implantable and transdermal polymeric drug delivery technologies for the treatment of central nervous system disorders. Pharm Dev Technol. 2017 Jun; 22(4):476-486.
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Effects of the copper intrauterine device versus injectable progestin contraception on pregnancy rates and method discontinuation among women attending termination of pregnancy services in South Africa: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Reprod Health. 2016 Apr 18; 13:42.
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Design, biometric simulation and optimization of a nano-enabled scaffold device for enhanced delivery of dopamine to the brain. Int J Pharm. 2009 Dec 01; 382(1-2):277-90.
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A pilot investigation of load-carrying on the head and bone mineral density in premenopausal, black African women. J Bone Miner Metab. 2010 Mar; 28(2):185-90.
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Studies on a novel doughnut-shaped minitablet for intraocular drug delivery. AAPS PharmSciTech. 2007 Dec 28; 8(4):E118.
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An in vitro study of the design and development of a novel doughnut-shaped minitablet for intraocular implantation. Int J Pharm. 2006 Mar 09; 310(1-2):15-24.