Escapelle
Produced by : Gedeon Richter
emergency contraceptive pill
also known as "morning after pill" or "day after pill"
These pills are hormonal contraceptives that are approved, packaged, and sold specifically for use as emergency contraception.
Progestin-only or combined?: Progestin-only
These are one-pill, single dose formulations (one pill = 1.5mg levonorgestrel)
What is the difference between emergency contraception, the "morning after pill", and the "day after pill"?
Actually, there is no difference. Emergency contraceptive pills are often called "morning after pills" and sometimes even "day after pills" because you can use them after sex to prevent pregnancy. Most of the time, when someone mentions “emergency contraceptive pills,” “morning after pills,” or the “day after pill,” they are talking about using the same hormones found in regular daily oral contraceptive pills to reduce your chances of becoming pregnant if you had sex without using contraception, you think your birth control failed, or you were forced to have sex.
Even though there’s no difference between these terms, calling emergency contraceptive pills “morning after pills” or “day after pills” can be misleading because you can use them right away – and you have up to 120 hours (five days) after sex to take the pills and still prevent pregnancy. That means you don’t have to wait until the morning after, and you can still use emergency contraception even if it takes you longer than the morning after to get it (Need to get it now in the U.S? Click here). Keep in mind that it is better to start using emergency contraception as soon as possible because it is most effective the sooner it is taken after sex.