A fter a years-long battle in the courts, Plan B-One Step is is now available without a prescription on pharmacy shelves.. Since the early 2000s, women’s reproductive health groups have been ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Plan B One-Step for women aged 15 and older without a prescription. The decision, which was announced on Tuesday, was in regards to an amended ...

The FDA said its ruling applies only to Plan B One-Step, and not to generic versions of the pill, which would remain behind pharmacy counters with the age-17 restriction.

Plan B One-Step will not end a pregnancy if a woman is already pregnant and there is no medical evidence it harms a developing fetus, FDA officials said. Plan B, available from generic ...

And soon the newer Plan B One Step (one tablet) will be available without sales restrictions as well. In a letter to Bonnie Scott Jones, special counsel to the Center for Reproductive Rights, ...

The emergency contraceptive pill sold as Plan B One-Step does not prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the womb and does not cause an abortion, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel tablet, from Teva) is now available at pharmacies over-the-counter for women ≥17 years old and by prescription for postpubertal women. Menu SECTIONS.

Plan B One step is a single dose of levonorgestrel, a hormone used in oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), that when taken within 3 days of unprotected sexual activity is effective in reducing the ...

PLAN B ONE-STEP (levonorgestrel) 1.5mg tablet by Teva The FDA has approved Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel tablet, from Teva), a one-pill emergency contraceptive indicated to help prevent ...

The so-called morning after pill, Plan B One-Step (and generic versions of the drug, levonorgestrel), does not cause abortions, the FDA confirmed Dec. 23, despite packaging information that ...

Confused by the wrangling in federal court over the Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive? You’re not the only one. As U.S. attorneys work hastily to halt a federal judge’s order regarding ...