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On February 14, 2001, more than 70 organizations, including the American Public Health Association, filed a Citizen's Petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), requesting that emergency hormonal contraception be made available without a prescription. The agency has still not acted on the petition. In the past 30 years, over 700 products have been switched from prescription to over-the-counter status. Recent examples include tioconazole, cromolyn sodium, bentoquatam, triclosan, and nicotine polacrilex.¹

Other nations have already approved the switch to over-the-counter availability of emergency contraceptives. Women in the United Kingdom, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Israel, France, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, South . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Prescription-Only Use of Emergency Contraceptives

FDA Requirements for a Switch to Over-the-Counter Status

Arguments for the Switch to Over-the-Counter Status

Arguments against the Switch

Conclusions

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Switching Emergency Contraception to Over-the-Counter Status
Rothschild T. J., Grimes D. A.
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N Engl J Med 2003; 348:82-83, Jan 2, 2003. Correspondence

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