Contraceptives with the active ingredients levonorgestrel and ulipristal can take women regardless of their body weight. This is the result of an EU-wide review of the effectiveness of these two agents by the European Medicines Agency EMA. According to the Agency's Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) there is insufficient evidence that the contraceptive effect wears off with increasing body weight.
was Causes the review of these agents after in November 2013, the product of levonorgestrel was changed: Study Results could suggest that levonorgestrel weighing from 75 kg less and with a weight of 80 kg no longer affects women. In their current studies, the EMA also included in the other EU approved Notfallkontrazeptiva with the active ingredients levonorgestrel and with ulipristal a. In fact, some studies have provided evidence of reduced efficacy of both drugs in women with high…
