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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
The morning after pill is not widely available over the counter in Port-au-Prince. If it can be found, it is likely imported and will contain instructions in a foreign language which may render the product useless.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/opinion/sunday/haitis-silenced-victims.html New York Times</ref> If you are in need of emergency contraception in Haiti, you have the option of taking larger doses of regular hormonal birth control instead of the morning after pill. Here are your options for this method: | |||
Oral Contraceptives used for Emergency Contraceptives / Progestin Only | |||
Take 40 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex: | |||
Ovrette | |||
Take 50 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex: | |||
Microval | |||
Oral Contraceptives used for EC / Progestin-Estrogen Combined | |||
Note: in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used | |||
Take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 2 more pills 12 hours later: | |||
Eugynon | |||
Neogynon | |||
Nordiol | |||
Ovral | |||
Take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later: | |||
Lo-Femenal | |||
Minigynon 30 | |||
Nordette<ref>http://ec.princeton.edu/countryquery.asp</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||