Plan B
Menstuff® has compiled the following information on Plan
B Emergency Contraception.
Over-The-Counter Plan B is on its Way
Adult women across the USA should be able to buy Plan B emergency
contraception without a prescription by mid-month, Barr
Pharmaceuticals announced. Barr says its subsidiary, Duramed
Pharmaceuticals, has begun shipping out "dual-label" Plan B, which
will be available without prescription to consumers 18 and older and
by prescription only to girls 17 and younger. It will be sold only in
retail drugstores from behind the pharmacy counter and under the
supervision of a pharmacist. The Food and Drug Administration
approved dual=label Plan B on August 24. The FDA has not specified
how women can prove they are 18 or older. But according to the
Reproductive Health Technologies Project, a Washington, DC-based
advocacy group, it is likely pharmacies will follow the guidelines
set by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which limits the sale of
cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine to consumers 18 and
older.
Source: USA Today, November 7,
2006
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