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Yuzpe Regimen

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Yuzpe Regimen
A two-dose treatment with combined ECPs to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse; the first dose is taken as soon as possible and the second dose is taken 12 hours after the first.


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Plan B--a dedicated progestin-only product available in the United States since 1999--is more effective than the Yuzpe regimen of combined oral hormones.
Effectiveness of the Yuzpe regimen of emergency contraception by cycle day of intercourse: implications for mechanism of action Contraception 2003;67:167-171.
It was not until 1993 that a single study, conducted in Hong Kong, demonstrated that the use of levonorgestrel alone was as effective as the Yuzpe regimen in preventing pregnancy, with a reduced frequency of adverse events.
 
 
 
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