According to this MSNBC.com article, women over 18 may soon be able to purchase the morning-after pill without a prescription. The surprise decision revived a long-stalled application to allow the over-the-counter sale of the emergency contraceptive.
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BRL) was contacted by the Food and Drug Administration in order to discuss how to allow adults to freely buy the contraceptive, while keeping it prescription-only for people under 18.
The morning-after pill is a high dose of the most common ingredient in regular birth control pills. When taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, the two-pill series can lower the risk of pregnancy by up to 89 percent.
The pills, which do not work if a woman is already pregnant, prevent ovulation or fertilization of an egg. They also may prevent the egg from implanting into the uterus, considered the medical definition of pregnancy, although recent research suggests that’s not likely.
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