What is Plan B?
Levonorgestrel is a hormonal medication which is used in a number of birth control methods. It is combined with an estrogen to make combination birth control pills. As an emergency birth control, sold under the brand name Plan B among others, it is useful within 72 hours.
Is Plan B available in South Africa?
In South Africa, the drug is freely available to people of all ages in public health facilities. Additionally, people have been able to get the pill without a doctor’s prescription since 2000
How much do Plan B pills cost?
How much does Plan B cost? According to Planned Parenthood, brand-name Plan B One-Step usually costs $40 to $50, though generic options can cost as little as $11. All versions are essentially the same levonorgestrel hormonal pill.
What is Plan B called in South Africa?
NORLEVO® is South Africa’s most preferred and trusted emergency contraceptive pill. 1 – Morning After Pill.
Does Plan B work after 6 days?
Taking the morning-after pill — emergency contraception — more than five days after unprotected vaginal intercourse won’t have any effect. Emergency contraception — the morning-after pill — is effective if started within 120 hours, or five days. The sooner emergency contraception is started, the better it works.