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====Dedicated Emergency Contraception==== | ====Dedicated Emergency Contraception==== | ||
[[File:Escapelle russia.jpg|300px | thumb|left|frame|'''Escapelle emergency contraception, purchased in Russia for 630 rubles''']] | |||
In Russia, if you want dedicated emergency contraception that's progestin | * In Russia, if you want dedicated emergency contraception that's anti-progestin, you'll find some of these pill brands. You should take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex. Here are the brands: Agesta, Gynepriston, Mifepristone 72 and Negele. | ||
* Escapelle | * If you want dedicated emergency contraception that's progestin only, you'll find some of these pill brands. You should take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex. Here are the brands: Escapelle, Escinor 1.5 | ||
* You can also find these progestin only brands. You should take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex. Here are the brands: Escinor 0.75, Postinor. | |||
You can also find these progestin only brands. You should take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex. | |||
====Oral Contraceptives Used as EC==== | ====Oral Contraceptives Used as EC==== | ||
If you can't access dedicated emergency contraception, you can also use normal contraceptives (i.e. birth control pills) as replacement emergency contraception. To do this, you take progestin-only oral contraceptives. For these brands, take 50 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex. | * If you can't access dedicated emergency contraception, you can also use normal contraceptives (i.e. birth control pills) as replacement emergency contraception. To do this, you take progestin-only oral contraceptives. For these brands, take 50 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex. Here are the brands: Microlut | ||
* | * If you have progestin-estrogen combined pills, take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 2 more pills 12 hours later. Note that only the first 21 pills can be used. Here are the brands: Ovidon | ||
If you have progestin-estrogen combined pills, take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 2 more pills 12 hours later. Note that only the first 21 pills can be used. | * For these brands, take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later. Note that only the first 21 pills can be used: Microgynon, Minisiston, Rigevidon | ||
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For these brands, take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later. Note that only the first 21 pills can be used | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
You can expect to pay € 7 – 10 for dedicated emergency contraception. | You can expect to pay € 7 – 10 for dedicated emergency contraception. Escapelle is 630 rubles (about €10 as of February 2017). | ||
==Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/STDs)== | ==Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/STDs)== | ||