Plan B (0.75mg levonorgestrel) and Plan B One-Step (1.5 mg levonorgestrel) Tablets Information

Plan B (0.75mg levonorgestrel) and Plan B One-Step (1.5 mg levonorgestrel) Tablets Information

FDA Approves Plan B One-Step Emergency Contraceptive; Lowers Age for Obtaining Two-Dose Plan B Emergency Contraceptive without a Prescription

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Plan B One-Step, a single dose emergency contraceptive containing levonorgestrel 1.5 mg in a single tablet. The FDA also announced a change in the labeling of Plan B, currently marketed as an emergency contraceptive consisting of two levonorgestrel 0.75 mg tablets taken 12 hours apart.

Plan B has been available to women 18 years of age and older without a prescription and to women younger than 18 years of age only by prescription since August 2006.

With the FDA's action, both Plan B One-Step and Plan B will be available without a prescription to women 17 years of age and older. They will both be available for women younger than 17 years of age only by prescription.

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Plan B (0.75mg levonorgestrel) and Plan B One-Step (1.5 mg levonorgestrel) Tablets Information