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Birth control Plan B pill will be used
only in rape cases, say specialists


By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

Social Security specialists confirmed they are in the final part of the process to approve the Levonorgestrel pill, known as Plan B, which will be used only when a victim has been raped.

Levonorgestrel is a hormonal medication which is used in a number of birth control methods. In pill form, sold under the brand name Plan B among others, it is useful within 120 hours (five days) as an emergency birth control. It becomes less effective as time elapses between the sexual act and use of the pill and only works before pregnancy has occurred.

When requesting the Plan B pill, a woman must provide proof of rape by submitting a copy of the report of the medical test made by a forensic medicine specialist of the Judicial Investigation Organization.

Social Security will also apply its own protocol - a medical test if the victim - before authorizing the use of Levonorgestrel. The pill will only be authorized to prevent or interrupt a pregnancy caused by rape within 72 hours of the criminal act.

This means that the victim must request the treatment form Social Security within a maximum period of three days after the criminal act.

Social Security reports that the company responsible for importing the pill is taking the last steps needed to obtain a health permit issued by the Ministry of Health.

Levonorgestrel was patented in 1960 and introduced for medical use together with ethinylestradiol in 1970.

The World Health Organization reports that the pill is on the list of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system.


 
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Social Security will also apply its own protocol - a medical test if the victim, before authorizing the use of Levonorgestrel.



The United States Department of Health and Human Services says that the pill is available as a generic medication. The wholesale cost is between $0.23 and $1.65 US for the required dose for emergency birth control.

In the United States, it is over the counter for all ages. In 2016 it was the 223rd most prescribed medication in the United States with more than 2 million prescriptions.
 

 
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