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- Title
Pill Approved for Emergency Use.
- Authors
Hollander, Dore
- Abstract
This article presents information on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which has concluded that birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestin are safe and effective for use as emergency contraception; it suggested that any of six widely available brands could be used to prevent pregnancy when administered in a specified regimen beginning within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. Although physicians may legally prescribe combined pills for emergency contraception, manufacturers have never requested FDA approval to advertise their products for this use; the method has therefore remained largely unknown. FDA took the unusual step of approving a drug's use for a reason other than that for which it was originally intended so as to encourage manufacturers to expand the availability of post-coital contraception. Under this ruling, combined pills for emergency contraception are considered a new drug, and manufacturers can apply to FDA to label these products for emergency use.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. Food &; Drug Administration; ORAL contraceptives; ESTROGEN; PROGESTATIONAL hormones; CONTRACEPTION
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1997, Vol 29, Issue 2, p50
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article