Priced at only Ksh100 in most pharmacy outlets in Kenya, Levonorgestrel or simply known as Postinor-2 or further as P2, is an emergency contraceptive pill taken by women after sex to prevent ...

Postinor 2 contains the hormone levonorgestrel which prevents an unwanted pregnancy by altering your ovulation pattern and changing the lining of the uterus to make it hostile to implantation of a ...

In June the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee gave preliminary approval to allow over-the-counter sales in pharmacies of Levonorgestrel, marketed as Postinor-2. Until now it has been ...

The debate was sparked by the announcement that the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee had approved the first stage of levonorgestrel, or Postinor-2 as it is marketed, being made ...

In 2000, the Department of Health (DOH) approved the use of Postinor (generic name: levonorgestrel) and made it available on a limited scale to Women and Child Protection Units (WCPU) in DOH-run ...

• Postinor 2 is recommended for use during unsafe or ovulation days. • Level of the hormone levonorgestrel in P2 is at least 30 times higher than in other forms of contraception.

Postinor (levonorgestrel), used as an emergency contraceptive pill, is indeed a synthetic progesterone which works by stopping or delaying the release of a female egg (ovulation). It may also slow ...