Plan B
Plan B is a womens health medication containing Levonorgestrel, available as 1.5mg tablets.
- Category
- Womens Health
- Active ingredient
- Levonorgestrel
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 1.5mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Plan B vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Emergency contraception
- Alternative Name
- Levonelle
- Therapeutic Class
- Emergency Contraceptive
- Pharmacological Class
- Progestogen
- Minor Side Effects
- nausea, fatigue, headache
- Moderate Side Effects
- lower abdominal pain, dizziness, breast tenderness
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Teva
- Onset Time
- 0–2 hours
- Duration
- 24–72 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature, protected from light and moisture.
- Drug Interactions
- st. john's wort, rifampicin
- Age Restrictions
- No age restriction, though counselling recommended for adolescents.
What you will receive
Plan B is the originator brand name, made by Teva. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Teva and do not ship the original Plan B.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Levonorgestrel) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.