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Norplant

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Nor·plant  (nôrplnt)
A trademark used for the drug levonorgestrel.
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Implanted in a womanAAEs arm, Norplant blocked pregnancies for five years or longer.
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When Norplant was available, not only was it used as a tool for population control and the regulation of poor women's reproduction, but also many Black women suffered from keloid formation on their arms at the site of implantation.
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The new one-rod system Implanon, the two-rod system Jadelle, and the two-rod system Sino-Implant (II), available in some countries, will replace Norplant, the original six-capsule contraceptive implant system that will be unavailable after 2008.
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