The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1070
January 24, 2000
Plan B: A Progestin-Only Emergency Contraceptive
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Plan B: A Progestin-Only Emergency Contraceptive
January 24, 2000 (Issue: 1070)
The FDA has approved marketing of Plan B (Women's Capital Corporation), an emergency contraceptive "pill pack"that contains two 0.75-mg tablets of levonorgestrel.
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