Emergency contraception can prevent most pregnancies when taken after intercourse. It
provides an important back-up in cases of unprotected intercourse or contraceptive accident …

Unintended pregnancy is a persistent public health and social concern worldwide. The initial
hope was that the widespread use of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs)–methods that …

Emergency contraception is defined as a drug or device used to prevent pregnancy after
unprotected sexual intercourse (including sexual assault) or after a recognized …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) provide recommendations for use of emergency contraceptive pills …

Background Unintended pregnancy is a complex phenomenon which raise to take an
emergency decision. Low contraceptive prevalence and high user failure rates are the …

Like breastfeeding and other forms of hormonal contraception, emergency contraception
pills (ECPs) can prevent pregnancy by delaying or inhibiting ovulation. Some of these …

Controversial opinions exist about the possible mechanisms throughout emergency
contraception prevents pregnancy. Recently, the International Federation of Gynaecology …

BACKGROUND: The contraceptive efficacy of emergency contraceptive pills containing
levonorgestrel (LNG-EC) has been estimated in most previous studies by judging the day of …

Emergency contraception (EC) consists of either 1.5 mg of levonorgestrel (LNG) in one or
two doses, or a combination of LNG with ethinylestradiol, administered for up to 5 days after …

Introduction: Emergency contraception (EC) offers women an important strategy to prevent
unintended pregnancy following intercourse. Despite the constant improvement of …