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JAMA January 4, 2012 Robert Steinbrook, MD On December 7, 2011, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) decision that levonorgestrel emergency contraception (sold under the brand name Plan B One-Step) was safe and effective for all women of childbearing potential, regardless of their age, and should Continue Reading …
JAMA January 4, 2012 To the Editor: In 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration facilitated access to emergency contraception among adolescents by making it available over-the-counter to individuals aged 17 years or older. A disproportionate number of teen pregnancies occur among adolescents from disadvantaged neighborhoods.1,2,3 The availability and accessibility of emergency contraception in Continue Reading …
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Let’s face it, unprotected sex does happen and sometimes, with a bit of bad luck, condoms can break and situations can arise where a woman may need emergency contraception. This kind of contraception is used after sex but before you are pregnant. If you are unsure about talking with the pharmacist or GP for any reason – don’t be. It’s nothing to get nervous about. In fact, 3 out of 4 unwanted pregnancies could be prevented if all women used emergency contraception after unprotected sex, and many abortions could also be avoided. The power is yours.
RSC Advancing the Chemical Sciences
03 February 2011
Ben Merison
A particular crystal form of the female steroid hormone progesterone can no longer be made. UK chemists have analysed a fifty year old sample to find out why and say that it’s down to impurities. This takes researchers a step closer to understanding why certain pharmaceutical drugs lose their therapeutic effect.
Cafemomblog
Posted by Maressa Brown
December 13, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Ella is causing quite the controversy. No, she’s not a Victoria’s Secret model or co-starring opposite Johnny Depp in an upcoming blockbuster. Actually, it is a new birth control pill that can prevent pregnancy after an “oops!” moment, and it just became available by prescription.
National Review Online
October 5, 2010
By Jeanne Monahan
This fall, Watson Pharmaceuticals will begin manufacturing a new drug called “ella.” Ella was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on August 13, and was categorized as an “emergency contraceptive.” That categorization is misleading: As the Family Research Council and several allied organizations have been explaining to pharmacists and the public at large, the drug has the potential to induce abortion.
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