A 25-year-old woman weighing 75 kg (BMI 27 kg/m²) requests Levonorgestrel EC 48 hours after UPSI. She declines a Cu-IUD. What dose adjustment should b...

Question

A 25-year-old woman weighing 75 kg (BMI 27 kg/m²) requests Levonorgestrel EC 48 hours after UPSI. She declines a Cu-IUD. What dose adjustment should be considered?

Accepted Answer

Consider a double dose of 3 mg Levonorgestrel

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No dose adjustment needed; give standard 1.5 mg

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Give Ulipristal Acetate instead; dose adjustment of LNG is not possible

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Halve the dose to 0.75 mg as she is within 48 hours

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Give a triple dose of 4.5 mg

uk-dfsrh MCQ (SBA): LNG-EC Dose Adjustment for BMI

A 25-year-old woman weighing 75 kg (BMI 27 kg/m²) requests Levonorgestrel EC 48 hours after UPSI. She declines a Cu-IUD. What dose adjustment should be considered?