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Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, allowing women in the country to take the medication without prescription.

If someone experienced a clot without surgery, and was on oral contraceptives, testing may be recommended.

Reah Steer, 34, from Windsor in Berkshire, described enduring years of agony and being prescribed the contraceptive pill, which only disguised the disease.

Some researchers are looking at the possibility of using oral contraceptives as an alternative, more humane way to prevent rat numbers growing further.

The group had successfully advocated the previous year for the student health center to provide emergency contraceptives, also through a campus referendum, and wanted to push for more.