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Description: Emergency contraceptives are two large doses of ordinary birth control pills. Within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse, you can take emergency contraceptive pills to avoid becoming pregnant. A drug to prevent nausea is often taken as well.
- Advantages:
 ECPs prevent unwanted pregnancies.
- ECPs prevent against abortions and are also cheaper
than abortions.
- They can be left in your medicine cabinet for future use.
- Disadvantages:
- ECPs may cause nausea in about half of the users and
about in a fifth vomiting.
- They are not available over the counter.
- One should not use the ECP for their primary
contraceptive; however, there are no physical problems
associated with overuse.
- Effectiveness:
- ECPs reduce the risk of pregnancy by up to 95 %.
- Time Constraints:
- Works best before 72 hours after unprotected sex.
- Location:
- At a health clinic
- Cost:
- Depending on the pill plan one may decide to choose
a doctor's appointment, the prices may range
from $20-$220.
Abstinence | Cervical Cap | Condom ("rubber") | Female Condom |
Depo Provera | Diaphragm | Norplant | Abortion | Emergency Contraception | Foam | Copper Intrauterine Device
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