The Morning After Pill

Emergency contraceptive contraceptive pills, often mistakenly called abortion, is a problem that solves the high pregnancy rate of teens in the United States. In 1990, there were 521,826 mothers of the teenage in the United States (Adolescent Pregnancy 2). The pregnancy, abortion and childbirth rate of American teenagers is also higher than any other country (McKeown 1). In addition, in the United States we spend an amazing amount of $ 7 billion per year for teen pregnancy costs (Teen pregnancy prevention campaign 1).

On a website called "the truth about Chiang Mai", I discussed the details of how the pill actually works. "Emergency contraceptives / contraceptives have three modes of action (as with conventional contraceptives), that is, they can function in one of three ways: 1) normal menstrual cycle Change in ovulation 2) Ovulation is inhibited Ovum from ovum is not released 3) It stimulates the endometrium (endometrium) and therefore inhibits implantation.

Emergency contraceptive drugs are called "After taking medicine in the morning", but sometimes "pills" are named "as soon as possible". The effectiveness of ECP depends mainly on the cycle you take them - especially if you take a pill to prevent ovulation (7 *, 8 - 11). There are two main types of ECP. For the most common type of ECP, hormone progesterone called levonorgestrel is included under the product names of Plan B, Next Choice, One Dose, My Way, Take Action, General. These names can be obtained from many pharmacies without prescription. After unprotected sexual intercourse, levonorgestrel ECP receives a single dose as soon as possible. Packaging of these pills may prescribe that they should be taken within 3 days (72 hours), but their effectiveness lasts at least 4 days (96 hours), then There is a possibility of remarkable deterioration (8, 11 - 13)