another option for emergency contraception, called Plan B
September 1999
Women will soon have another option for emergency contraception, called Plan B.
Plan B is the first progestin-only emergency contraceptive. It consists of two tablets of levonorgestrel 0.75 mg.
Women take one tablet within 72 hours of unprotected sex... then another tablet 12 hours later.
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