Released on = November 16, 2006, 12:38 am

Press Release Author = Olivia Andrews

Industry = Pharmaceuticals

Press Release Summary = The so-called morning after pill Plan B is now available
through pharmacies without a health prescription for those who are above the age of
18 years.



Press Release Body = The most effective emergency birth control pill Plan B is now
available for women who are over the age of 18 years. Prior it was not found without
a health prescription but now it has been made available over the counter.

Plan B contains a high dose of hormones as found in general birth control pills and
is helpful in preventing pregnancy once it has been taken within 72 hours of having
an unprotected sexual intercourse. \"It\'s important they take it as soon as possible
because within 24 hours, it\'s more than 90 percent effective. After that it\'s 72
hours, its only 74 percent effective,\" according to sources.

Plan B is designed as emergency contraception that serves as a backup method for
preventing pregnancy. For example, if a condom breaks, a woman forgets to take two
or more birth control pills in a month, or is sexually assaulted; Plan B may prevent
a pregnancy. It is not the same as RU-486, the so-called abortion pill, which
terminates a pregnancy. Plan B, which works by delivering a large dose of the
hormone levonorgestrel, will not affect an existing pregnancy. Instead, it prevents
the release of an egg from an ovary, stops the fertilization of an egg, or keeps it
from attaching to the uterus.

It should not be confused with an abortion pill because it prevents pregnancy and
has no lasting effects. \"Even if by accident the woman took it while she was
pregnant there is not evidence of any risk to the developing fetus,\" according to
Dr. Schelles.

So now onwards, women above the age of 18 can request the morning after pill from
the pharmacist alongwith an identification to prove how old they are. It is however
available to minors only with a prescription.

According to sources, Plan B has the same side effects as those found in other birth
control pills and should not be used in routine or regular contraception as it is
meant only for emergencies. However, the new availability of Plan B is expected to
cut in half the 3 million unplanned pregnancies that happen ever happen in the
country.

Please visit our website http://www.benzer11.com/planb.html to know more about birth
control medicines.


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