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Q.
What are the most common side effects of "Morning-after pill"?
As high
as 65% of patients experience Nausea and tends to last 36 to 48 hrs.
Emesis occurs in an average of 17% of the patients.
The likely hood of breast tenderness varies from 1
to 50% of the patients.
Q. How
does the treatment effect the menstrual cycle?
95-98% of the
patients will menstruate by 21 days after the treatment: If not contact
your doctor.
Q. How
effective the Morning-after pill in preventing pregnancy?
Several
factors are involved. a)
The day of ovulation for a particular menstrual cycle. b)
depends on the patient's history of regular and irregular menstrual
cycles. c)
The possibility that the patient is already pregnant at the time of
treatment. d)
depends on how many times the patient had unprotected sex prior to within
or after 72hr period. e) The
studies were inconclusive for the lack of patient follow up.
Q. Is
there any risk of ectopic pregnancy in future?
There is no
sufficient evidence of that the "morning-after pill" increases
the incidence of ectopic
pregnancy.
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