Plan B to Schedule II
May 2005
Health Canada has approved moving Plan B to Schedule II.
Patients no longer need a prescription, but will consult a pharmacist because supplies will be behind-the-counter.
Plan B contains two tablets of levonorgestrel 0.75 mg. The first tablet should be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. The second tablet 12 hours later.
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