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Important Patient Messages

Please review these discussion points with your pharmacy customers

Talk to your pharmacy customers about Next Choice®. To help make counseling even easier, the following points are suggested:

  • When regular birth control fails, emergency contraceptives can prevent an unplanned pregnancy
  • Next Choice is an effective emergency contraceptive option from Watson
  • Next Choice is an emergency method of contraception for those “unexpected times” and should not be used regularly for birth control. Next Choice will not protect women from getting pregnant if it is taken before having unprotected sex, sexual attack, or a known or suspected contraceptive failure. Instead, it should be taken within 72 hours after unprotected sex, sexual attack, or a known or suspected contraceptive failure
  • Next Choice provides no protection from HIV infection (the virus that causes AIDS) or any other sexually transmitted disease.
  • Next Choice is not the same as RU-486 (the abortion pill). Next Choice works like a birth control pill to help prevent an unplanned pregnancy
  • When taken as directed, it will not disrupt or affect an existing pregnancy
  • Women only have a few days to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, sexual attack, or a known or suspected contraceptive failure. The first tablet should be taken as soon as possible within 72 hours (3 days) of unprotected sex, sexual attack, or a known or suspected contraceptive failure. The second tablet should be taken 12 hours after the first tablet is taken
  • A woman may experience changes in her period (menstrual cycle) after taking Next Choice. Her period may be heavier or lighter than usual or it may occur earlier or later than usual. If her period is more than 1 week late, it is possible that she may be pregnant
  • It is possible that a woman may experience nausea when taking Next Choice. If vomiting occurs within 1 hour of taking Next Choice, she should call her healthcare professional right away to see if the dose should be repeated

Remember to encourage your pharmacy customers to visit this site for more information on emergency contraceptives and Next Choice. To download the support materials available on this Web site, please click here or order them directly by calling us at our toll-free number, 866-9WATSON.

View Important Safety Information and Prescribing Information.

Important Safety Information

Next Choice® is not effective if you’re already pregnant, and it will not terminate an existing pregnancy. Next Choice does not protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Side effects may include nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, headache, changes in your period, dizziness, and breast tenderness. If your period is more than a week late, you may be pregnant. If you have severe abdominal pain, you may have an ectopic pregnancy, and you should get immediate medical help.

To report side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA, visit fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

For more information about Next Choice, please call our Medical Communications Department at 866-9WATSON.

This Web site is intended for United States Prescribers, Pharmacists & Consumers.