FDA Analysis Finds Plan B Safe For Children
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA found only 13 reports of serious pediatric AERs following ingestion of original two-dose Plan B or one-dose Plan B One-Step. In a review released Jan. 27, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology officials said the data do not causally link the majority of pediatric AERs definitively to the drug.
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