postcoital contraception

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postcoital contraception,

n various contraceptive methods used by women to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. Examples include hormone-based treatments, RU-486 (a synthetic steroid), and copper IUDs. Also called
emergency postcoital contraception or
morning-after pills.

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RU 486 Yuzpe protocol			Off label use of high doses of birth control pills for EC or postcoital contraception has been available for years. Knowledge, attitudes, and use of emergency contraception among rural ... by Galvin, Shelley L. / Southern Medical Journal Comparison of mifepristone and high dose oestrogen-progestogen for emergency postcoital contraception. The 'morning after pill by Shea, J.B. / Catholic Insight The large doses of estrogen used for postcoital contraception (the morning-after pill) probably act upon the entire genital tract from the ovary to the uterus. Preventing pregnancies to prevent abortions by Medical Update			post–antibiotic era postadrenalectomy syndrome Postage Stamp Test Postal Worker Syndrome postalbumin postanal postanesthesia care postanesthesia care unit postanginal sepsis postantibiotic effect postauricular postaxial postaxial acrofacial dysostosis postbrachial postcapillary postcapillary venule postcardiotomy postcava postcaval shunt postcentral postcentral area postcentral gyrus postcentral sulcus postcibal postcoital postcoital contraception postcoital contraceptive postcoital test postcoitus postcommissurotomy syndrome postconcussional syndrome Postconcussive Syndrome postcondensation postcordial postcornu postcostal anastomosis postcranial postcubital postdam area postdate pregnancy postdatism postdiastolic postdicrotic postdistemper postductal postduplication phase postdural puncture headache postembryonic postencephalitic postepileptic poster(o)-			postcaval shunt postcaval shunt postcaval shunt postcentral postcentral area postcentral area postcentral area postcentral area postcentral area postcentral gyrus postcentral gyrus postcentral gyrus postcentral sulcus postcentral sulcus Postchemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting postcibal postclassical postclassicism Postclavicle postcode postcode Postcode Defined Circulation postcode discrimination Postcode lottery postcode prescribing postcoded Postcodes Postcodes postcoital postcoital postcoital contraception postcoital contraceptive postcoital contraceptive postcoital contraceptive postcoital headache postcoital headache postcoital headache Postcoital test Postcoital test Postcoital test Postcoital test Postcoital test Postcoital test postcoitus postcollision interaction postcolonial Postcolonialism Postcomm Postcommissure postcommissurotomy syndrome postcommissurotomy syndrome postcommissurotomy syndrome Postcommunion Postconcussion syndrome postconcussional disorder postconcussional disorder postconcussional disorder postconcussional disorder Postconcussional syndrome Postconcussional syndrome Postconcussional syndrome

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