Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Page 18, September 2005

Emergency hormonal contraception

Diana Mansour is a Consultant in Community Gynaecology and Reproductive Healthcare and Head of Service for Contraception and Sexual Health for Newcastle Primary Care Trust. In addition, she serves as an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Newcastle and is Deputy Medical Director of the local Primary Care Trust. She qualified from the Welsh School of Medicine in Cardiff and in 1995 became the first RCOG-accredited Community Gynaecologist.

Abstract 

Women now have an acceptable hormonal emergency contraceptive containing levonorgestrel, taken in a single dose, which rarely causes sickness and has few contraindications. Our role is to keep up to date and give clear, consistent and accurate information about all methods of contraception to ensure informed choice for users and safe prescribing in the community.

Keywords:  contraception , emergency contraception , levonorgestrel

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PII: S1744-1870(06)00082-5

doi:10.1383/wohm.2005.2.5.18

Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Page 18, September 2005

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