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Emergency Postcoital Contraception
New England Journal of Medicine, 1997Emergency postcoital contraception may be defined as the use of a drug or device to prevent pregnancy after intercourse. Unwanted pregnancy is common; worldwide, about 50 million pregnancies are terminated each year.1 It has been calculated that each year the widespread use of emergency contraception in the United States could prevent over 1 million ...
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The Lancet, 2005
Teen birth rates in the United States have declined during the last decade but remain much higher than rates in other developed countries. Reduction of unintended pregnancy during adolescence and the associated negative consequences of early pregnancy and early childbearing remain public health concerns.
Lee Ann E, Conard, Melanie A, Gold
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Teen birth rates in the United States have declined during the last decade but remain much higher than rates in other developed countries. Reduction of unintended pregnancy during adolescence and the associated negative consequences of early pregnancy and early childbearing remain public health concerns.
Lee Ann E, Conard, Melanie A, Gold
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British Medical Bulletin, 1993
The term 'emergency contraception', as employed in this paper, refers to methods that are used as emergency procedures to prevent pregnancy following unprotected intercourse. Alternative, less appropriate, terms are postcoital and 'morning-after' contraception. References to postcoital preparations can be found as far back as 1500 BC in Egyptian papyri,
P F, Van Look, H, von Hertzen
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The term 'emergency contraception', as employed in this paper, refers to methods that are used as emergency procedures to prevent pregnancy following unprotected intercourse. Alternative, less appropriate, terms are postcoital and 'morning-after' contraception. References to postcoital preparations can be found as far back as 1500 BC in Egyptian papyri,
P F, Van Look, H, von Hertzen
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Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2014
This review summarises the development of emergency contraception (EC) methods, and provides an overview on the currently available options of EC which are effective and safe back-up methods in case of non-use or failure of the regular contraception. The copper intrauterine contraceptive device is currently the most effective method. In most countries,
Ho, PC, Li, RHW, Lo, STS
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This review summarises the development of emergency contraception (EC) methods, and provides an overview on the currently available options of EC which are effective and safe back-up methods in case of non-use or failure of the regular contraception. The copper intrauterine contraceptive device is currently the most effective method. In most countries,
Ho, PC, Li, RHW, Lo, STS
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Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, 2001
Emergency contraceptives are methods that prevent pregnancy when used shortly after unprotected sex. Three different emergency contraceptive methods are safe, simple, and widely available in the United States. These are: (1) ordinary combined oral contraceptives containing ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel taken in a higher dose for a short period ...
C, Ellertson +5 more
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Emergency contraceptives are methods that prevent pregnancy when used shortly after unprotected sex. Three different emergency contraceptive methods are safe, simple, and widely available in the United States. These are: (1) ordinary combined oral contraceptives containing ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel taken in a higher dose for a short period ...
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2002
Emergency contraception is used to prevent pregnancy after a coital act not adequately protected by a regular method of contraception. In contrast to early medical abortion, emergency contraception prevents a pregnancy from starting and does not disrupt an established pregnancy.
David A, Grimes, Elizabeth G, Raymond
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Emergency contraception is used to prevent pregnancy after a coital act not adequately protected by a regular method of contraception. In contrast to early medical abortion, emergency contraception prevents a pregnancy from starting and does not disrupt an established pregnancy.
David A, Grimes, Elizabeth G, Raymond
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Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1994
Emergency contraception is the only form of contraception where implementation can occur after sexual relations or forced intercourse. Hormonal methods can be administered up to 72h after unprotected intercourse. Emergency contraception is safe, legal, and simple to administer.
K T, Barnhart, S J, Sondheimer
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Emergency contraception is the only form of contraception where implementation can occur after sexual relations or forced intercourse. Hormonal methods can be administered up to 72h after unprotected intercourse. Emergency contraception is safe, legal, and simple to administer.
K T, Barnhart, S J, Sondheimer
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Emergency Postcoital Contraception
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 1998Of the estimated 3.5 million unintended pregnancies that occur each year in the United States, some 1.7 million are thought to be the result of contraceptive failure. The extremely high numbers of unintended pregnancies not only in the United States but also worldwide indicates that emergency contraception remains an important but underused method of ...
V M, Chiou +3 more
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Postcoital emergency contraception
Therapeutische Umschau, 2001Die heute aktuellen Methoden der postkoitalen Notfall-Kontrazeption werden beschrieben und untereinander verglichen. Die Methode der ersten Wahl ist die einzig Gestagen enthaltende Pille, da sie der kombinierten Östrogen/Gestagen-Pille (Yuzpe-Methode) in ihrer Wirksamkeit überlegen und mit deutlich weniger Nebenwirkungen behaftet ist.
C, Spycher, G, Bigler
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Emerging female contraceptives
Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs, 2011Fifty years after the first contraceptive, the market remains restricted regarding composition, cost and routes of administration, and satisfying the needs of millions of women with different requirements according to their stage in life.Women need contraception for almost 30 years of their life.
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