What should you pay attention to after taking emergency contraceptive pills continuously?

Nowadays, more and more women are having artificial abortions. Many girls cannot distinguish between short-acting contraceptives and emergency contraceptives. Many girls also don’t know that emergency contraceptives cannot be taken more than three times a year, otherwise frequent use will cause irreparable damage such as amenorrhea. It is therefore necessary to understand the precautions for taking emergency contraceptive pills. The following editor will explain it to you in detail.

Instructions for taking emergency contraceptive pills:

1. Emergency contraception is very time-limited. Take it within 72 hours after contraceptive failure and unprotected intercourse. The earlier the medicine is taken, the better the effect of preventing unwanted pregnancy.

2. Emergency contraceptive pills are only used after the last unprotected sexual intercourse and will not work for the next unprotected sexual intercourse. Therefore, if you have sex again, you still need to take regular contraceptive measures.

3. If vomiting occurs within 2 hours of taking emergency contraceptive pills, you should take another dose. It is best to take the medicine after a meal or before bedtime to reduce reactions such as nausea.

4. After taking emergency contraceptive pills, you should use reliable conventional contraceptive methods before the next menstruation to avoid unprotected intercourse again.

5. After taking emergency contraceptive pills, if your period is overdue, you should go to the hospital in time to check whether the emergency contraception has failed (you can also do a self-check with an early pregnancy test strip).

6. Emergency contraceptive pills are emergency contraceptive pills, not regular contraceptive pills. They are effective when used occasionally in emergency situations when contraceptive failure occurs. However, if they are used frequently as regular contraceptive pills, taking emergency contraceptive pills continuously and multiple times in the same menstrual cycle may increase the chance of menstrual disorders.

7. Taking emergency contraceptive pills after multiple sexual intercourses, having unprotected sexual intercourse again after taking the pills, or taking anti-inflammatory drugs, antiviral drugs, anti-tuberculosis drugs, anticonvulsant drugs, etc. at the same time will affect the effectiveness of emergency contraceptive pills. Frequent use of emergency contraceptive pills can lead to a higher overall failure rate.

The above are the precautions for emergency contraceptive pills. In view of the greater harm of emergency contraceptive pills, the editor recommends that it is best to take contraceptive measures in advance, and it is best not to take emergency contraceptive pills more than once a year. Moreover, the contraceptive effectiveness of emergency contraceptive pills is lower than that of conventional contraceptive methods and cannot replace frequent use of conventional contraceptives.