Emergency Contraception

Day After Pill
Mode of Use
The gynecologist Albertina Duarte, coordinator of the Adolescent Program of the State of São Paulo, clarifies what is myth and what is truth when it comes to emergency contracetivo
The morning after pill can be taken up to 72 hours after intercourse
Truth. After the incident you have up to three days to check if the period was fertile or not, seek advice and acquire the pill. Tablets are two: one to be taken preferably during the first 24 hours when their efficiency is increased, followed by another dose after 12 hours.
The pill acts as an abortifacient
Myth. She acts before pregnancy occurs. If fertilization has not occurred, the product will hinder the meeting of sperm and egg. Now, if fertilization has already occurred, will cause a flaking of the uterus, preventing implantation of the fertilized egg. If the egg is already implanted, or have already started the pregnancy, the pill has no effect.
I need a prescription to buy the pill
Truth. Although you can buy it in pharmacies without prescription. However, even if you dismiss the recipe, look for guidance before it is indispensable. Only a gynecologist can make sure that the medicine is suitable for you.
It can cause side effects
Truth. The most common of them is the change in time of the menstrual cycle and ovulation. In other words, it'll be impossible to calculate their fertile period and day of your period is a real enigma. Moreover, headache, breast tenderness, nausea and vomiting are common symptoms. In case of vomiting or diarrhea in the first two hours after ingestion, the dose should be repeated. Who's body is sensitive to medication and taking the pill with medical indication should request the appointment of a remedy against sickness to take the same time.
There is no contraindication
Myth. The pill is contraindicated for people suffering from some disease hematologic (blood), vascular, is morbidly obese or hypertensive. This is because the large amount of hormone can cause small blood clots that clog vessels.
If I make again and again, it loses effect
Myth. She does not lose the effect, but the risk of you becoming pregnant increases. Normally, he is 15% if you take after 24 hours of having sex, compared to an average of 0.1% of the common pill anticoncecional.
Can I change the condom by the pill
Myth. Do not even think about it. The pill should be taken only when the method chosen contracetivo failure. Besides presenting more severe side effects than the common pill, and be much more expensive, the contracetivo emergency does not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases. Against them, even if only the good and known condom.