General description
INN
Levonorgestrel
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1995
(TRS
867)
for
Contact with health services for contraceptive management
Added in 1999
(TRS
895)
for
Contact with health services for postcoital contraception
Added in 2015
(TRS
994)
for
Contact with health services for insertion of contraceptive device
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Oral hormonal contraceptives
- Oral > Solid: 30 µg
- Oral > Solid: 750 µg [2]; 1.5 mg [1]
Section
Intrauterine devices
- Intrauterine system with reservoir containing 52 mg of levonorgestrel.