OTC status looks likely for Plan B in Canada.

The article reports on the recommendation by the national Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee to make emergency contraceptive levonorgestrel an over the counter (OTC) drug in Canada. According to a report in the May 2008 issue of the "British Journal of Medicine," the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities was asked by the committee to make the drug available to women without the need for a prescription from a physician.