Adiana® Permanent Contraception - Information for Counselors & Referrers

Adiana Permanent Contraception: Information for Counselors and Referrers

Are you a healthcare professional who counsels patients on birth control and/or refers patients for sterilization procedures? If so, you may have patients who are candidates for Adiana® Permanent Contraception.

Adiana Permanent Contraception is a safe, effective, and minimally invasive alternative to tubal ligation that can be performed in your office. The innovative, hormone-free procedure eliminates the need for incisions, general anesthesia, and lengthy hospital stays—in fact, on average, the procedure takes less than 12 minutes and patients are typically back to normal activities within a day.

Is Adiana Permanent Contraception right for your patients?

If you have patients who are sure that they do not want children in the future and who would like the certainty and convenience of permanent birth control, then Adiana Permanent Contraception may be right for them.

You may want to begin screening for potential candidates by asking some or all of the following questions:

Are you sure that you don't want any children in the future?
Do you want permanent birth control without the risks of surgical procedures?
Are you tired of the hassles of temporary birth control?
Do you want to enjoy intimacy without worrying about getting pregnant in the future?
Are you concerned about the long-term use of hormones for birth control?
Do you want a procedure that does not limit your options for future gynecologic procedures?

Adiana Permanent Contraception is right for many women.
But not all.

It is important to let your patients know that Adiana Permanent Contraception isn’t right for everyone. It is only appropriate for women who desire permanent birth control (female sterilization) by occlusion (closure) of the fallopian tubes.

Adiana should not be used in a patient who:

Is uncertain about her desire to end fertility
Has clinical evidence of an active pelvic infection or history of a recent pelvic infection
Has intra-uterine pathology which would prevent access to either tubal ostium or the intramural portion of either fallopian tube (such as large submucous fibroids, uterine adhesions, apparent uni- or bi-lateral proximal tubal occlusion, suspected unicornuate uterus, etc.)
Is pregnant or suspects pregnancy
Is currently less than six weeks from her last pregnancy
Has previously undergone a tubal ligation
Is currently taking immunosuppressive medications (e.g steroids)
Has a known allergy to contrast media