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Morning After Pill Period - Articles
FDA Approves Pill That Pauses Periods
by
Linda MacDonald Glenn

Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:26pm
Wyeth won FDA approval for Lybrel , a pill that eliminates monthly periods. Of course, the question remains: will women use it? Seasonale, a pill that reduces menstruation... if they're pregnant or not. Although the monthly period a woman has while on the pill is a false period, that merely mimics natural and normal body function, it serves as a visible
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"New Pill Promises No More Periods"
by
David K.
Posted
Fri 21 Nov 2008 4:27pm
a period is "unnatural," be concerned that daily doses of hormones could harm their health or worry that they will not be able to menstruate normally or become pregnant after taking...)
And this, referring to a story in the Wall Street Journal:
"The reason most traditional oral contraceptives have [placebo-pill] periods during which bleeding occurs was to increase women's
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Periods-Punctuating Lybrel Combination Birth Control Pills – Pros and Cons
by
rajesh moganti
Posted
Wed 31 Mar 2010 11:05pm
Lybrel is a type of combination birth control pills intended on supplying an active daily hormones dosage totally putting a halt to a woman’s menses for a year’s time. It is an extended-cycle, orally taken birth control pills containing small dosages of ethinyl estradiol (twenty micrograms) and levonorgestrel (ninety micrograms) intended for year-long usage
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Take an iPill and call me in the morning
by
Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Thu 29 Dec 2011 9:48pm
As all good family physician's wives know, most complaints are self-limited and most patients will get better in the morning on their own. This is why " Take 2 aspirin and call me in the morning" is still extremely good medical advise
Tincture of time is often the best healer; and if things aren't better by morning , then the doctor can start
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Got RA? New Prednisone Pill, Taken at Night, Eases Morning Joint Stiffness
by
Lisa C.
Posted
Mon 03 Nov 2008 8:56pm
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Lisa
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New Twist on Prednisone for RA
Rheumatoid Arthritis Study: New Prednisone Pill, Taken at Night, Eases Morning Joint Stiffness
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Jan. 17, 2008 -- Rheumatoid arthritis researchers have created a new steroid pill that works overnight to ease morning joint
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Free morning-after pill by post
by
Nicci T.

Posted
Tue 06 Dec 2011 6:51am
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service is offering the morning-after pill free by post throughout December. The aim is to give women the option of ordering it in advance... that makes things easier and less stressful. Paying £25 for a morning-after pill and having to explain to a pharmacist why you need it isn’t much fun so the postal process may help
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Girls To Be Able To Text For The Morning-After Pill
by
Nick B.
Posted
Thu 26 Mar 2009 3:54pm
A new proposal will start later in the year, whereby schoolgirls will have the ability to send a text message to their school nurse in order to obtain the morning-after pill... if their daughter requests the morning-after pill.
If a girl under 14 tries to use the service child protection staff will be called in.
Not everyone thinks the project is a good idea
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Nurse: You forgot to take your pill this morning
by
Drew W.
Posted
Thu 16 Apr 2009 11:43pm
This is interesting, from The Daily Mail (UK):
Microchips in pills could soon allow doctors to find out whether a patient has taken their medication.
The digestible... charge when drugs are digested by the stomach.
This charge is picked up by a sensing patch on the patients’ stomach or back, which records the time and date that the pill
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Conscience and the Morning-After Pill
by
Dr. Zagreus Ammon
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:08pm
1 Comment
The Pope is encouraging pharmacists to refuse to dispense the morning-after pill (MAP), if they have a conscientious objection. The European Union is considering obligating...-after pill on demand, wherever and whenever you choose is unreasonable. Access is one thing, but not at the price of the individual liberties of my colleagues.
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