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Since EC needs to be taken within 120 hours after intercourse, and is most effective within 24 hours, it is essential that women gain information about and access to the pill. However, many hospitals and pharmacies refuse to carry emergency contraception. A pilot program in Washington State, which provided EC directly through 130 participating pharmacies prevented an estimated 700 unintended pregnancies and 350 abortions in 16 months...
Emergency Contraception is not an abortion pill. If inadvertently taken by a woman who is already pregnant, EC will have no affect on the developing fetus. It contains a high dose of female hormone pills that prevents either ovulation or implantation, depending on how early the pill is taken. When taken as directed, the pill is up to 98 percent effective. EC is also not an alternative to birth control. 48 percent of unplanned pregnancies are due to contraceptive failure, such as a broken condom. EC is intended for emergencies...
What makes these studies particularly compelling is the rigorous fashion in which they were conducted. Patients were randomly assigned treatment with aspirin or a placebo, and neither the patients nor the doctors knew who was getting which pill. The results of one of the studies were so striking that it was stopped early; the researchers felt it would be unethical to continue giving a placebo to half the participants...
...pulled out from under it last March when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve it, citing concerns that pleconaril might interfere with the effectiveness of oral contraceptives and other drugs. To combat that problem, Viropharma, the biotech company that developed pleconaril, decided to reformulate the pill, turning it into a nasal spray, thereby lowering its dose and the chance that it might interfere with other drugs. Viropharma is now looking for another pharmaceutical company to help defray the costs of testing the new formula...
...raccoon. Looks like a male. About 15 lbs. ... Will sell for cash to highest bidder or trade for Six Feet Under--The Complete First Season on DVD," reads one. In the community section, members post everything from grocery-store etiquette to tips on how to give a cat a pill. In the forums, visitors rant against the projected war on Iraq and seek advice on how to unstick windows...