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New EU Warning Label: Emergency Contraceptives Less Effective In Women Weighing 165 Pounds Or More

New EU Warning Label: Emergency Contraceptives Less Effective In Women Weighing 165 Pounds Or More

It should be obvious that the dose of medication that works in one person doesn’t work in all people. So it shouldn’t have been a surprise for women this morning to learn that an emergency contraceptive pill identical to the one sold here in the US as Plan B will carry a new warning label in Europe cautioning women that it doesn’t work if they weigh too much. [More]