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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Postinor -- the unique method of emergency contraception developed in

Hungary.

AUTHORS

Camp S

SOURCE

PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN EUROPE. 1995 Aug;24(2):23-4.

ABSTRACT

In Hungary, an important form of emergency contraception (EC) is the pill containing 0.75 mg levonorgestrel, which is

marketed by Gedeon Richter under the name Postinor in four-pill packages. Women are instructed to take one pill

within an hour of any unprotected act of intercourse, up to four pills per month. The nature of the administration

requires that women be in possession of the pills before they need them, and, while Postinor is marketed as an EC,

the target market is young, unmarried women who experience infrequent intercourse. When it was first offered a

decade ago, Postinor gained widespread use in place of contraception. The product was overused and there was a

backlash in the medical community. Thus, the manufacturer changed its packaging instructions and removed the

original 10-pill package from the market. While the price of the drug is considered prohibitive for use by adolescents,

more than three million pills were sold in the past three years in Hungary and more than 60 million pills were sold in

over 20 countries. Clinical studies show a failure rate of less than 1% and relatively few side effects (10-20% nausea

and 20-40% bleeding) if not more than four pills per month are used. The World Health Organization is currently

conducting trials to compare use of Postinor with the Yuzpe method. Results of these trials will be available in

1996. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3006-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Postinor -- the unique method of emergency contraception

developed in Hungary.", is(are) Camp S. The source of this article is "PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN EUROPE. 1995

Aug;24(2):23-4.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 3006-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 8006

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