Abstract:
:The recent United States Food and Drug Administration approval of a commercial kit containing the Yuzpe regimen for emergency contraception is a welcome event. Unlike emergency contraceptive pills sold in other countries, however, the United States product has a pregnancy test bundled with the pills. The test could identify existing pregnancies and avoid unnecessary use of the pills, although any protection against lawsuits alleging injury to an embryo is speculative. Conversely, no major medical organization recommends routine pregnancy testing before using emergency contraceptive pills. The test might stigmatize the Yuzpe regimen as being dangerous to an embryo. Difficulty in understanding the pregnancy test instructions could, paradoxically, deter some women from using the pills after having bought them. The bulky size of the pregnancy test reagent stick makes the package indiscreet, and the test adds unnecessary cost to emergency contraception. The greatest usefulness of the test could be to confirm or exclude a pregnancy several weeks after taking the pills, rather than before. If bundling an unnecessary test with emergency contraception is the only way to bring this useful product to the United States market, then the public health benefits could outweigh the disadvantages. However, this approach sets a worrisome precedent and further isolates the United States from the international medical community.
journal_name
Obstet Gynecoljournal_title
Obstetrics and gynecologyauthors
Grimes DA,Raymond EGdoi
10.1016/s0029-7844(99)80049-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-09-01 00:00:00pages
471-3issue
3eissn
0029-7844issn
1873-233Xpii
S0029-7844(99)80049-0journal_volume
94pub_type
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
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更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1981-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:1981-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000002519
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1975-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0029-7844(99)00274-4
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.AOG.0000206217.07883.a2
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
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更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e238f0
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006250-197506000-00018
更新日期:1975-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01586-1
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000003360
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.AOG.0000245446.85868.73
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.AOG.0000143254.27255.e9
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00