EC Advertising in Bulgaria

On June 20, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially announced its approval to sell LNG EC over-the-counter with no age or point-of-sale restrictions. This decision puts an end to an almost decade-long dispute over the accessibility of EC, and the US now joins a small group of countries where LNG EC is sold…

May 2019. The UK’s Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) just published Overweight, Obesity and Contraception, a guideline that brings together evidence and expert opinion on the provision of contraception to women who are overweight and women with obesity. Recommendations are based on available evidence and the consensus opinion of experts and the guideline…

December 2024.  The marketing authorisation for Esmya was withdrawn in July from the European Economic Area and Belarus, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, at the request of the marketing-authorisation holder. (See announcement on the European’s Medicines Agency’s website here). The withdrawal was due to commercial reasons and there is no change in the safety…

October 2022.  A portion of sexually active women do not use contraception, because they do not have sex frequently. The on-demand use of levonorgestrel 1,5 mg pills is being studied, and could expand the choice of contraceptives for those who have infrequent sex and thus, do not want to use a regular method, but do…