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Abstract
Contraceptive substances to be used after COITUS. These agents include high doses of estrogenic drugs; progesterone-receptor blockers; ANTIMETABOLITES; ALKALOIDS, and PROSTAGLANDINS.
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Synonyms
17 entry terms
- Contraceptive Agents, Post-Coital
- Contraceptive Agents, Postcoital
- Contraceptives, Post-Coital
- Contraceptives, Postcoital
- Postcoital Contraceptive
- Contraceptive Agents, Post Coital
- Contraceptive, Postcoital
- Contraceptives, Post Coital
- Post-Coital Contraceptive Agents
- Post-Coital Contraceptives
- Postcoital Contraceptive Agents
- Emergency Contraceptive
- Emergency Contraceptives
- Morning-After Pill
- Contraceptive, Emergency
- Contraceptives, Emergency
- Morning After Pill
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
pregnancy despite use = contraceptive term with no qualifiers, not with /adv eff
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History Note
73(71); MORNING AFTER PILL was see under CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL 1973-83
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Previous Indexing
- Contraceptive Agents (1967-1970)
- Contraceptives, Oral (1966-1970)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Postcoital Contraceptives. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003281. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003281
- Postcoital Contraceptives. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50429947