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Emergency Contraception (EC) : Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health : NYC DOHMH

BMIRH

Emergency Contraception Brand/Dosage Chart

Progestin Only
Brand Number/Color Pills per Dose*
Plan B 1/white
Ovrette 20/yellow
Progestin-Estrogen Combined
Brand Number/Color Pills per Dose*
Alesse 5/pink
Aviane 5/orange
Cryselle 4/white
Enpresse 4/orange
Lessina 5/pink
Levlen 4/light-orange
Levlite 5/pink
Levora 4/white
Lo/Ovral 4/white
Low-Ogestrel 4/white
Lutera 5/white
Nordette 4/light-orange
Ogestrel 2/white
Ovral 2/white
Portia 4/pink
Seasonale 4/pink
Tri-Levlen 4/yellow
Triphasil 4/yellow
Trivora 4/pink

* Pills per dose: Ideally, the first dose is taken within 72 hours (and not more than 120 hours) after unprotected intercourse, followed by a second dose 12 hours later. Recent research indicates that both doses of Plan B can be taken at the same time.


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