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Article: Emergency contraception use up -- new ECP arrives.(Brief Article)
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- Contraceptive Technology Update
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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Get ready for increased interest in emergency contraception as the first progestin-only dedicated emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) enters the U.S. market. With Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval now in hand, the Women's Capital Corp. of Seattle is moving ahead with shipments of Plan B, its levonorgestrel-only product.
Providers have been looking forward to the U.S. introduction of a progestin-only product since an international study showed the 1evonorgestrel-only method was more effective and resulted in fewer side effects than the combination regimen now in use. [1] (Read more about the study results in the November 1998 issue of Contraceptive ...