It's also self-injectable and less painful than traditional implant options, according to research in rodents.
When taken as directed, norgestrel has 98% efficacy in preventing pregnancy in individuals who are adherent to the daily regimen.
The University of Minnesota's College of Pharmacy has paved the way for the first non-hormonal male birth control pill to enter clinical trials.
Researchers sought to determine whether contemporary hormonal contraception methods are associated with risk of developing VTE.
Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman introduced a bill called the Convenient Contraception Act that would improve access to contraceptive products, including over-the-counter contraceptives.
YCT-529, a hormone-free male birth control pill, has shown high effectiveness in animals and is now in human trials, marking ...
The United States was a key supplier of contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that ...
Neither Medicaid nor commercial health plans will pay a pharmacist to prescribe the same hormonal contraceptives as a doctor.