Emergency contraception: Focus on the facts

Najera, D.B.

Jaapa Official Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants 29(1): 20-24; Quiz 1

2016


ISSN/ISBN: 1547-1896
PMID: 26656383
DOI: 10.1097/01.jaa.0000475459.00348.81
Document Number: 531097
Significant progress on contraception, and in particular emergency contraception, has been made in the past decade. Emergency contraception was first introduced as a stand-alone prescription in 1998, and the interaction of politics and medicine meant a tumultuous course to the drug becoming available over the counter. This article reviews how emergency contraception works, the effectiveness of different methods, pros and cons, and the history of emergency contraception.

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