EC Advertising in Bulgaria

April 2024. According to the Russian State Register of Medical Products emergency contraception (EC) pills containing levonorgestrel under the brand names Escapel and Postinor, have been switched to OTC products and can be bought without a doctor’s prescription since January 2024.   See registration certificates here and here.

ECEC has recently become aware of two great videos that detail EC’s mode of action. The first one, released by HRA Pharma this year, can be found here. The second one, which was released by the Royal Women’s Hospital in Australia and is designed to reach adolescents and girls, can be found here. Both of…

A new training module on emergency contraceptive pills is now available, in two adaptations: For clinical health care providers: www.fptraining.org/projects/emergency-contraceptive-pills-ecp For pharmacists: www.fptraining.org/projects/emergency-contraceptive-pills-ecps-training-pharmacists These modules are part of the Training Resource Package for Family Planning (TRP), a comprehensive set of materials designed to support up-to-date training on family planning and reproductive health. The TRP contains…

October 2024. The ​Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) clarified that emergency contraception pills (ECPs) will remain accessible without prescription in India, and that misinterpretations have led to confusion about prescription requirements for certain hormonal contraceptives.  Read more here. In past few weeks, some news reported that a ban on over-the-counter sales of ECPs was…

A study published in the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care in 2013 sought to identify knowledge of and attitudes towards EC among women from five European countries. Sexually-active women from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom were asked about their use of and opinions on EC in an internet-based survey….