Morning After Pill Efficacy
You re taking certain medications that can decrease the effectiveness of the morning after pill such as barbiturates or st.
Morning after pill efficacy. The morning after pill is only effective after unprotected sex. You can take plan b my way and other levonorgestrel morning after pills up to 5 days after unprotected sex. There are 2 types of emergency contraception. The morning after pill is one tablet that you take as soon as possible after unprotected sex.
The iud is a plastic t shaped device fitted into the womb by a doctor or nurse. The morning after pill isn t appropriate for everyone. It is used to to prevent pregnancy if you had sex with no contraceptive protection. It is a one.
The emergency contraceptive pill levonelle or ellaone the morning after pill the intrauterine device iud or coil. Don t take a morning after pill if. In fact levonorgestrel is more effective the sooner you take it. A levonorgestrel morning after pill like plan b one step take action my way and afterpill can lower your chance of getting pregnant by 75 89 if you take it within 3 days after unprotected sex.
But the longer you wait to take it the. You can choose emergency contraceptive pills or the copper iud for emergency contraception. The emergency contraceptive pill is sometimes called the morning after pill. The emergency contraceptive pill is frequently referred to as the morning after pill but this is a misnomer as women do not have to wait until the morning after sex to take the emergency contraceptive pill.
For example when there is a broken condom missed or late pills or no contraception used. If you have unprotected sex at any time after taking levonorgestrel or ellaone you can become pregnant. Emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or if the contraception you have used has failed for example a condom has split or you have missed a pill. You re allergic to any component of the morning after pill.
Actually the emergency contraceptive pill is more effective the sooner you take it as soon as possible after unprotected sex.