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EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

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Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency contraceptive for American women in the month of September 1998.  With the availability of this product, new opportunities open for sexually active, reproductive-age women to prevent unintended pregnancy.

Emergency contraceptive pills treatment initiated within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse reduces the risk of pregnancy by at least 75%.

EACH CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD HAS ADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS, AND NO ONE METHOD IS UNIVERSALLY SUITABLE FOR ALL WOMEN.


Frequently Asked Questions about the Emergency Contraception  
                     
                                                           (FAQs)

 
 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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