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Physician Group Supports Safety, Availability of Over-the-Counter Emergency Option.(of oral contraception)
2001 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new and revised documents on the safety and availability of emergency oral contraception (EC).
ACOG says the fallback contraceptive method - a regimen of oral contraceptives that must be taken within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse - has the potential to reduce by half the three million unintended pregnancies occurring each year in the U.S.
ACOG supports making EC available to women over-the-counter in a designated (prepackaged) product, according to its recent "Statement Supporting the Availability of Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception."
"The time has come for women to have access to a product that they need," reports ACOG, referring to the ongoing barriers to women's access to the drug. Citing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's declaration that BC is safe and effective in preventing ...
- Emergency Oral Contraception.
- Magazine article from: Population Reports December 1, 1998 700+ words
What is it? Certain oral contraceptives (OCs) or similar pills taken after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. Why? A woman had sex--willingly or not--without contraception, and she wants to avoid pregnancy. How to take emergency OCs? In 2 doses: First dose as soon as possible but no later than
- Study to Assess Risks, Benefits of Continuous Oral Contraception to Eliminate...
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service May 5, 2003 700+ words
...and benefits of continuous combined oral contraception, which may provide nearly full...called, the "period." Continuous oral contraception uses pills that keep hormone levels...penalty as it does with traditional oral contraception. This is the first study to examine...
- Cyclic changes experienced by women on oral contraception are significant.
- Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week December 29, 2003 700+ words
...Cyclic changes experienced by women on oral contraception are significant. "Despite the widespread...Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oral contraception and cyclic changes in premenstrual...Endocrinology, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Oral Contraception, Preventive Medicine and ...
- OC use, RF status appear inversely related.(Rheumatology)(use of oral...
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Kirn, Timothy F. March 15, 2005 700+ words
SAN ANTONIO -- Use of oral contraception appears to be inversely associated...was 0.18 if she had used oral contraception, Dr. Deane said. The women...negatively--as the use of oral contraception, said Dr. Deane of the...
- Genes affect bone metabolism in young women on low-dose oral contraception.
- Newspaper article from: Genomics & Genetics Weekly March 21, 2003 700+ words
...metabolism in young women on low-dose oral contraception. "With the aim to determine whether...metabolism in young women using low-dose oral contraception is influenced by vitamin D receptor...Genomics and Genetics, Obstetrics, Oral Contraception, and Women's Health. This article...
- A Review of Extended-Cycle Oral Contraception.
- Magazine article from: Contraceptive Technology Update November 1, 2003 700+ words
...Contraceptive Technology Reports A Review of Extended-Cycle Oral Contraception Author: Richard S. Legro, MD, Professor of Obstetrics...Seattle. Overview: Rationale for Extended-Cycle Oral Contraception Seasonale (Barr Laboratories, Pomona, NY), the first...
- Commercial Insight: Hormonal Contraceptives - Look Beyond Oral Contraception...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire October 28, 2009 700+ words
...Commercial Insight: Hormonal Contraceptives - Look Beyond Oral Contraception for a Competitive Edge(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Commercial Insight: Hormonal Contraceptives - Look Beyond Oral Contraception for a Competitive Edge" report to their offering. Since...
- Data: Pregabalin doesn't impair male reproductive function or oral...
- Newspaper article from: OBGYN & Reproduction Week May 24, 2004 700+ words
...last menstrual cycle. Blood plasma samples were collected at the end of the second (oral contraception alone) and third menstrual cycles (oral contraception plus pregabalin) to measure the effect of pregabalin on the suppression of ovulation...
