FDA eases limits on morning-after pill
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Women can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription, the government declared Thursday, a major step that nevertheless failed to quell the politically charged debate over access to emergency contraception.
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NEW YORK  - Continuous treatment with an oral contraceptive combination of levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol (LNG/EE) can safely eliminate menstruation in most women, according to study results appearing in the medical journal Contraception.
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The government is considering whether to make morning-after birth control available without a prescription, and like most issues that involve sex and pregnancy, it has generated heated debate.
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The FDA has approved a birth-control pill designed to eliminate women's periods. What you need to know before you decide to try it.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration and Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.  will meet  to discuss the possible approval of nonprescription sales of  the Plan B "morning-after" contraceptive to women 18 and older,  the agency said on Monday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new use of Bayer Schering Pharma AG's drug YAZ to allow it to be used to treat moderate acne in women who also want to use an oral contraceptive for birth control, the company said Monday.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved the first birth control pill that  eliminates a woman's monthly period.
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A contraceptive drug that avoids the side effects of hormonal birth control is on the horizon, say scientists.
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The federal government eased its restrictions last month and allowed shots for people 50 and older.
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Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.   won U.S. approval to sell its Plan B "morning-after"  contraceptive without a prescription to women 18 and older, the  company said on Thursday.
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Still reeling from Merck&#39;s withdrawal of Vioxx from the market and Pfizer&#39;s decision to stop advertising Celebrex, people who suffer from arthritis pain now have one more worry: The US Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it was halting a
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WOMEN on the birth control pill have surprisingly lower risks of heart disease, strokes and cancer, according to the largest women&#39;s health study ever done.
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Women's rights groups seeking easier access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S. regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a non-prescription "morning-after" pill.
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Sales of the Plan B "morning-after pill" nearly doubled in the past year, exceeding expectations after the U.S. government allowed adults to buy the emergency contraceptive without a prescription.
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FDA on Friday approved a noninvasive treatment for uterine fibroids that could be an alternative to hysterectomy for many women but is not recommended for use by women who wish to become pregnant, Reuters/Los Angeles Times reports.
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Two months after an unexpected vaccine shortage led government officials to restrict which groups should get influenza vaccinations, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday that the restraints be eased.
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Health officials said on Friday they  had dropped plans to keep a public list of prescription drugs  with emerging safety concerns, one of the measures proposed  after Merck & Co.'s 2004 withdrawal of its arthritis drug  Vioxx.