Emergency Contraception

[summerdreams]

i just wanted to know, if lets say you had unprotected sex, if you took a few pills from lets say a birth control package like Alesse, all at once...can that be used as another way of emergency contraception? I read somewhere that it can, but i forgot how many it said to take...does anyone have any info on this? I can't find any on the net...thanks

[I_love_rain_hugs_and_you]

DON'T take several pills!! Taking too many pills of any medicine could kill you. Always use medicines as directed. And don't try to think up some emergency contraception. Go see a qualified doctor as soon as possible for advice. Trying your own "emergency contraception" could KILL you!!!

[boredguy]

looking on the internet for such things is really not a good idea. u can go get the emergency contraception pill from a doctor or a clinic. usually if u ask them to, they will keep it confidential. and please, do not try ur own forms of emergency contraception, 90% of the time they cause more harm than good.

[ayekasong]

I have heard that taking a few of the pills can be effective as emergency contraception, but I am in no way a doctor. Call up your doctor or a medical professional and get his or her advice. I'd recommend trying to get the morning after pill instead.

[goddess23]

if you want emergency contraception get emergency contraception--the morning after pill! ive never heard this or read this and trust me i read and see alot. doing something like that is very dangerous, if this is an issue call a sexual health centre and get the morning after pill. if you've had unprotected sex in the last five days, this pill could work.

[Jimbo10]

Go for the morning after!!!!!

 

Why bother risking it by taking a bunch of pills???

 

It just sounds like a dumb idea!

[tanned_production]

Birth control is meant to work over time... it changes your hormones... taking several at a time isn't an emergency contraption.

 

I'm not a doctor, so you should go to a clinic.

 

Next time, be safer!!!

 

tanned_production

[RayKay]

i just wanted to know, if lets say you had unprotected sex, if you took a few pills from lets say a birth control package like Alesse, all at once...can that be used as another way of emergency contraception? I read somewhere that it can, but i forgot how many it said to take...does anyone have any info on this? I can't find any on the net...thanks

 

There are certain pills that can be used as emergency contraception, but you would have to talk to a doctor/clinic about how they should be taken (ie they are not supposed to be taken all at once, but in stages). MAP are usually just birth control pills taken in certain order anyway and packaged differently, but not all birth control pills will work as MAPs so you do need to talk to a clinic.

 

Taking a few birth control pills from a pack won't "kill" you as another poster said - all they are is estrogen (or deriviants) and progesterone (or deriviants) and are hormones present in women to begin with, just more elevated. They will just mess up your cycle really badly sometimes and your moods too!

[June4life]

I have never heard of anything like that!!!!!

 

It can be fatal if you overdose on birth control medications! THey can cause severe blood clots which can cause to you have a heart attack or stroke, no matter what age you are!

 

Dont do that! Get the morning after pill if needed!

[mccarleighp]

no it cant please please please dont try this

[TheRedQueen]

The safest bet is to get the emergency contraceptive pill from your healthcare provider or a clinic(Planned Parenthood provides the day after pill)

 

Anyway it is called Plan B,