Emergency Contraception (cont.)

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Medical Author:

Omnia M Samra, MD

Medical Editor:

Bryan D Cowan, MD

Medical Editor:

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD

Medical Editor:

Lee P Shulman, MD

Legal Issues

Wide debate currently exists concerning oral regimens becoming available without prescription (over the counter). As of this writing, an advisory panel to the FDA has recommended that some emergency contraception pill regimens become available without prescription. However, final approval rests with the FDA; that decision is not likely to be made until at least 2005.

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