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'''Note:''' The longest-lasting EC is currently [http://www.ellaone.com/ ellaOne]. It lasts up to 5 days (120 hours) after unprotected sex. Check to see if your country carries ellaOne. If your country doesn't carry ellaOne, copper IUDs may also prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. If none of these options are available, and it's been over 3 days since you had unprotected sex, you can still take EC, which may work up to 5 days. Note that EC pills are not 100% effective and should be taken as soon as possible. | '''Note:''' The longest-lasting EC is currently [http://www.ellaone.com/ ellaOne]. It lasts up to 5 days (120 hours) after unprotected sex. Check to see if your country carries ellaOne. If your country doesn't carry ellaOne, copper IUDs may also prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. If none of these options are available, and it's been over 3 days since you had unprotected sex, you can still take EC, which may work up to 5 days. Note that EC pills are not 100% effective and should be taken as soon as possible. | ||
In the United Kingdom, you can obtain EC without a prescription. Until recently, you needed a prescription to obtain ellaOne, but now you don't. | |||
Here's what you can get: | |||
edicated Products / Anti-Progestin | |||
Take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex: | |||
ellaOne (link to [http://www.ellaone.co.uk/ UK website]) | |||
Dedicated Products / Progestin Only | |||
Take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex: | |||
Levonelle 1500 (available from a pharmacist without a prescription) | |||
Levonelle One Step (available from a pharmacist without a prescription) | |||
Levonelle-1 (available from a pharmacist without a prescription) | |||
Take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex: | |||
Levonelle-2 (available from a pharmacist without a prescription) | |||
Oral Contraceptives used for EC / Progestin Only | |||
Take 40 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex: | |||
Neogest | |||
Take 50 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex: | |||
Microval | |||
Norgeston | |||
Oral Contraceptives used for EC / Progestin-Estrogen Combined | |||
Note: in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used | |||
Take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later: | |||
Eugynon 30ED | |||
Microgynon | |||
Microgynon 30 ED | |||
Microgynon-30 | |||
Ovranette | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
LNG: € 6,97, as of 2013; UPA: € 19,75, as of 2013.<ref>[http://www.cecinfo.org/country-by-country-information/status-availability-database/countries/united-kingdom/ EC Status and Availability: United Kingdom]</ref> | |||
==Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/STDs)== | ==Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/STDs)== | ||