| Why
is Plan B prescribed?
Plan B , Emergency contraception is intended to prevent pregnancy
after known or suspected contraceptive failure or unprotected intercourse.
Often called the morning-after pill, emergency contraceptive pills
(ECPs) can be taken any time up to 72 hours after having unprotected
sex.
Plan B®Emergency contraceptive pills (like all oral contraceptives)
do not protect against infection with HIV (the virus that causes
AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases.
How Well Does Plan B Work?
About two out of 100 women will become pregnant even if emergency
contraceptive pills were taken within 72 hours of having unprotected
sex. Of course, this is an average figure and the chance of getting
pregnant depends on when unprotected sex occurred during the monthly
cycle and how soon after that ECPs are taken. Having unprotected
sex during the fertile period (around the time of ovulation) is
more likely to result in pregnancy and emergency contraception is
more effective when taken as soon as possible after unprotected
sex. Also, emergency contraception will not prevent pregnancy if
you have unprotected sex after taking the pills.
Because emergency contraception does not prevent all pregnancies,
a woman should see her doctor if she doesn't have a period within
3 weeks after taking ECPs.
Who
Uses Plan B?
Emergency contraception is not recommended as a regular birth control
method. Instead, it is used for emergencies only. If you are having
sex and the condom breaks or slips off, if your diaphragm or cervical
cap slips out of place, or if you forgot your birth control pills
2 days in a row, you may want to consider using emergency contraception.
It is also available to teens who are forced to have unprotected
sex.
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INDICATION
Plan B®™ is an emergency contraceptive that can be used
to prevent pregnancy following unprotected intercourse or a known
or suspected contraceptive failure. To obtain optimal efficacy,
the first tablet should be taken as soon as possible within 72 hours
of intercourse. The second tablet must be taken 12 hours later.
WARNINGS
Plan B®™ is not recommended for routine use as a contraceptive.
Plan B®™ is not effective in terminating an existing pregnancy.
DOSAGE
AND ADMINISTRATION
One tablet of Plan B®™ should be taken orally within 72
hours after unprotected intercourse. The second tablet should be
taken 12 hours after the first dose. Efficacy is better if Plan
B®™ is taken as directed as soon as possible after unprotected
intercourse. Plan B®™ can be used at any time during the
menstrual cycle.
The user should be instructed that if she vomits within one hour
of taking either dose of medication she should contact her health
care professional to discuss whether to repeat that dose.
HOW
SUPPLIED
Plan B®™ (levonorgestrel) tablets, 0.75 mg are available
for a single course of treatment in PVC/aluminum foil blister packages
of two tablets each. The tablet is white, round.
Faqs.
My girlfriend took emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) and they
did not work. If she keeps the pregnancy, will there be something
wrong with her baby?
Studies have been done with women who did not know they were pregnant
and kept taking birth control pills. These studies have found no
increased risk for birth defects. Your girlfriend should see a health
care provider right away to talk about her options.
Is emergency contraception the same thing as the "abortion
pill?"
No. Emergency contraception prevents pregnancy. It works by stopping
an egg from being released from the ovary and by stopping an egg
from being fertilized, or reached by sperm. Emergency contraception
also stops a fertilized egg from attaching, or implanting, itself
to the wall of the uterus (or womb). The so-called "abortion
pills" (Mifeprex (mifepristone) also called RU-486) work after
a woman becomes pregnant - after a fertilized egg attaches to the
wall of the uterus. These pills cause the uterus to expel the egg,
ending the pregnancy.
Are
there age limitations on the use of Plan B®?
Safety and efficacy are expected to be the same for postpubertal
adolescents under the age of 16 as for users 16 years and older.
Use of Plan B® before menarche is not indicated. There are no
upper age limits for use of Plan B®, but the product is not
intended for use in geriatric (age 65 years or older) populations.
Who
manufactures Plan B® and Postinor® ?
Plan B® and Postinor® are manufactured by Gedeon Richter,
Ltd. in Budapest, Hungary. Gedeon Richter is one of the world's
leading manufacturers of contraceptive steroids.
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