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Pitfalls of adapting emergency contraception CEU guidance.
The introduction of a new oral emergency contraceptive (EC), ulipristal acetate (UPA) with a higher up-front cost, has led many clinicians to consider trying to identify women at higher risk of pregnancy so that they can be preferentially offered the drug that works closer to ovulation. These attempts, however well meaning, are flawed, are not based on the published evidence, go against best pr...
متن کاملp181-189 - CEU Guidance
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2004: 30(3) Background It is estimated that 69% of women initiate breastfeeding in the UK.1 The number breastfeeding then falls and by 6 months postpartum only 21% of women continue.1 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months or more is promoted worldwide to achieve optimal infant and maternal health.2 In the UK it is difficult to ascertain the...
متن کاملFFPRHC Guidance: emergency contraception (April 2003).
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2003: 29(2) What is emergency contraception? Emergency contraception (EC) provides women with a safe means of preventing pregnancy following unprotected sexual intercourse (UPSI) or potential contraceptive failure.2–4 Alternative terms such as ‘postcoital contraception’ or the ‘morning-after pill’ are often confusing and ‘emergency contrac...
متن کاملCurrent perspectives on emergency contraception
Emergency contraception is safe and effective for preventing an unplanned pregnancy, although it is not widely used. Widespread and appropriate use of emergency contraception should be encouraged as it is a promising means to arrest the increasing abortion rate. It is therefore important for all doctors to be able to prescribe emergency contraceptive pills and to educate women of reproductive a...
متن کاملACOG Recommendations on Emergency Contraception.
Emergency contraception is used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected or inadequately protected sexual intercourse. Common indications include contraceptive failure (e.g., condom breakage, missed doses of oral contraceptives) and failure to use any form of contraception. Although the first emergency contraceptive was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more than a decade ago, man...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1471-1893,0000-0000
DOI: 10.1783/147118906777888206