Gynepriston and emergency contraception.


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Authors consider the current approaches to emergency (EC) or postcoital contraception. It is emphasized that the most effective option of EC is the administration of hormones in fixed doses. Recently, as a means of EC antiprogestins (e.g. mifepristone) are widely used. The results of foreign and domestic studies, confirming the high efficiency and good tolerance of mifepristone, are presented. In Russia, mifepristone at a dose of 10 mg of registered as drug Ginepriston and permitted for clinical application to EC. It is emphasized that the EC is a single-use procedure and should not be applied within a few menstrual cycles. Transition with emergency on constant hormonal contraception in the absence of contraindications is rather rational.

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