FDA approves morning-after pill kit.For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has approved an emergency contraceptive contraceptive /con·tra·cep·tive/ (-sep´tiv) 1. diminishing the likelihood of or preventing conception. 2. an agent that so acts. . The so-called morning-after pill morn·ing-af·ter pill n. A pill containing an estrogen or a progesterone drug that prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum in the uterus after sexual intercourse. is really a kit made up of four birth-control pills--two taken together within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse, followed by two more 12 hours later (SN:08/15/98, p. 101). The morning-after treatment is widely used in Europe but had not been marketed in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . On Sept. 2, Gynetics of Belle Mead, N.J., secured FDA's approval to sell the pills for emergency contraception Emergency Contraception Definition Emergency contraception or emergency birth control uses either emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) or a Copper-T intrauterine device (IUD) to help prevent pregnancy following unprotected vaginal intercourse. . The kit will be called Preven. |
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