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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Bolivia, emergency contraception (the morning after pill) is only available by prescription. There are no age restrictions for purchasing EC. According to Bolivian law, health care providers and pharmacists can refuse to sell EC to you for moral or religious reasons. However, if one health care provider does not sell you EC, you should not give up; there are other providers that will sell it to you without issue. Note that there are many dedicated EC brands available in Bolivia, indicating that you indeed can find EC. | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* You can purchase dedicated emergency contraception in Bolivia at public sector clinics, private clinics and pharmacies. For anti-progestin brands, you can find UPRIS (take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex). For progestin only brands, you can find Glanique 1, Impreviat and Postinor 1 (take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex). Other progestin only brands you can find are Glanique, Imediat N, Pilem, Postinor-2, Pregnon and Tace (take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex). | |||
* You can have an IUD inserted to prevent pregnancy. Please refer to the "Contraception" section for details. | |||
* If you can't access dedicated emergency contraception, you can use regular oral contraceptives (birth control pills) as emergency contraception. For combined pills (progestin-estrogen), you'll need to remember that, in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used. You can take Microgynon CD (take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later). You can take Microgynon, Microgynon-30, Minigynon, Nordette or Norvetal (for all of these brands, take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later). | |||
For more details, visit the [http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC website]. | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
LNG Products: $8.00 (55.50 Bolivianos), as of June 2014. UPA Products: $15.00 (102 Bolivianos), as of June 2014. | |||
==Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/STDs)== | ==Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/STDs)== | ||