Who should not take the emergency contraceptive pill?
• Do not take it if you are already likely to be pregnant. • Some reasons why emergency contraception is more likely to fail • If you take the pill more than 72 hours after unprotected sex. • If you vomit within three hours of taking the pill, and do not take a repeat dose. • If you had unprotected sex at another earlier time. • If you have unprotected sex again after taking emergency contraception. • Some other points about this type of emergency contraception • Most women have their next period at about the usual time. Sometimes it is a few days earlier or later than expected. See a doctor or nurse if your next period is more than seven days late, or if it is lighter than usual. A pregnancy test may then be advised.
