Saturday 26 October 2019

Does morning after pills more efficient than other methods?


 
Morning after pills are efficient at preventing pregnancy. However, these pills have to be taken within a certain time after the unprotected sexual intercourse. This time interval can vary from 50-150 hours after sexual intercourse. The later you take the pills, the less efficient they are. Morning after pills usually work by altering the hormonal balance to prevent implantation of the fertilised egg. _Occasionally they can fail_. There are several other methods of achieving contraception which are equally or more effective than morning after pills. I have discussed these methods earlier on this channel. There are several advantages of using regular birth control methods. The greatest advantages are that you _do not_ have to remember to take the morning after pill and that these methods will be cheaper than taking morning after pills repeatedly. Use of condoms has the added advantage of protecting you against sexually transmitted infections.

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