Plan B and Plan B One-Step are brand name products containing the synthetic hormone levonorgestrel. They are used for emergency contraception during the 72-hour period following unprotected sexual intercourse. This drug can be purchased without a...
Plan B One-Step, the brand name of the medication levonorgestrel, is an emergency contraceptive pill that helps prevent unwanted pregnancy. Women can use Plan B One-Step after a contraceptive failure or unprotected sex, but the medication is a...
An emergency contraceptive pill, also known as the morning after pill, is available to women who have had unprotected intercourse. This pill can prevent a woman from becoming pregnant.
Neovlar, available in Taiwan, is an emergency contraceptive, or EC, unavailable in the United States. The ingredients in Neovlar, ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel, are prescribed individually in the U.S. as emergency contraceptives, but their...
The morning after pill, also known as emergency birth control and emergency contraception, has been in use for longer than 30 years, according to the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception. The morning after pill is used to prevent...
Plan B is one of the brand names of emergency contraception pills, or ECPs, available in the U.S. market as of 2011. Although it originally required several doses, the manufacturer is phasing that option out to focus on "Plan B One Step," a...
The Plan B pill is an emergency contraceptive. It contains levonorgestrel, a female hormone that prevents ovulation and changes cervical mucus and lining to make pregnancy unlikely. The original Plan B product requires women to take two pills...
