It is not necessary to drink pills with it, and menstruation can become less painful. How does this work? A few months ago, the user X (former Twitter) boasted that now she wears a contraceptive implant: “You make a thin stick in the forearm for three years <...> without risk to forget to drink/buy pills. I feel like a cyborg. " In the comments, many said that they first hear about this method of contraception.