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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Contraception, Emergency Sections: Key Features, Treatment, Medication, Intrauterine Devices,
. Topics Discussed: contraception, postcoital. Excerpt: | | The following methods should be started within 120 h after unprotected coitus:
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Available in the United States prepackaged as Plan B
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Ethinyl estradiol, 50 mcg, with 0.5 mg norgestrel
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