Talk:Levonorgestrel

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"the FDA in the United States to persons over the age of 18" The FDA Press Release says that Plan B was approved to /women/ over the age of 18 -- "persons" is an incorrect anti-sexism. Jkister

"was approved for over-the-counter sales to persons over the age

 of 18 on August 24, 2006.[1]"

• approved where ? (i'm assuming US ?)
• also, the [1] footnote seems to be missing

was supposed to be a link to the times article. don't know why it isn't working. don't know how to fix. the full history of the legalization in US, UK, and abroad is in the "Emergency Contraception" article. Will make link to that. -Astragal 16:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] editing

...more needs to be added re other forms of levo bc/the pharmacology of the progestin, for general article about levornogestrel. recapping mechanism of action for ec is redundancy of ec article/doesn't explain pharmacology of levo in general...

this sentence: "...progestogenic effects, but also has androgenic and estrogenic effects" needs some vocabulary explanation for those of us that didn't go to medical school. Astragal 04:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

hi, i'll wikify them. (people who don't know can then click on links). they're not too complicated --they're the three main hormonal effects of sex hormones. for a good comparison of the relation of progestogenic/androgenic effects in progestins, check out the progestin article. in general, i think this article should look a lot more like ethinylestradiol does (a synthetic estrogen used in birth control).

it looks like all the progestin article are stubs/need a lot of work, and that this one is at least further along than say, norgestrel. hopefully others will pitch in on the whole project, but i will try to add more... Cindery 05:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] persons...

there are no gender restrictions/men can buy it for women, i'm pretty sure... Cindery 04:39, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/24/morning.after.pill.ap/index.html Cindery 19:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

in the UK women can purchase over the counter for own consumpution. It cannot be purcahsed 'on behalf'; therefore men cannot buy in UK

[edit] Emergency contraceptive

I looked at this article hoping to figure out the mechanism by which "Plan B" prevents pregnancy. It wasn't here, but I found an explanation from "American Family Physician" here http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001115/2287.html . This seems relevant to the article, since probably a high percentage of people reading it want to find out about Levonorgestrel as an emergency contraceptive. I can add the information myself, but it might be better if someone with a better understanding of medicine did it. Any thoughts or volunteers? Jermor 21:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

More detailed current information on the mechanism of action of levonorgestrel emergency contraception can be found in this March 2007 review by Trussell & Raymond (two recognized experts on emergency contraception): Emergency Contraception.

69.208.178.86 23:01, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Apparently there is also a common misconception that Levonorgestrel (aka Plan B) is the same thing as Mifepristone (RU-486). Perhaps this article should contain a statement about this? Jermor 01:39, 23 October 2007 (UTC)