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===What to Get & Where to Get It===
===What to Get & Where to Get It===


'''Note:''' Copper IUDs may prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. Also, note that EC pills are not 100% effective and should be taken as soon as possible.
If you have had unprotected sex, you can get an IUD or take the morning after pill. Where there are no dedicated morning after pills in the Philippines, you can use hormonal birth control, which is available, instead. To do this, you can go to a pharmacy, like Generics Pharmacy, Mercury Pharmacy or Watson's, and ask for any of the following pills. It's especially common to ask for Nordette in the Philippines. Follow the instructions below, provided by the [http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC Website].
 
If you need the morning after pill, you can get an IUD or take birth control as replacement emergency contraception. To do the latter, follow the instructions below, provided by the [http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC Website].


''Oral Contraceptives used for EC / Progestin-Estrogen Combined
''Oral Contraceptives used for EC / Progestin-Estrogen Combined

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