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


* In Senegal, you can find progestin-only emergency contraception (the morning after pill). For these pills, you should take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex: NorLevo 1.5mg (available from a pharmacist without a prescription)
* In Senegal, you can find progestin-only emergency contraception (the morning after pill). For these pills, you should take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex: NorLevo 1.5mg (available from a pharmacist without a prescription)<ref>[http://ec.princeton.edu/worldwide/ Princeton EC Website]</ref><ref>[http://ec.princeton.edu/worldwide/ Princeton EC Website]</ref>
* For this progestin-only EC, you should take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex: Duet (available from a pharmacist without a prescription)
* For this progestin-only EC, you should take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex: Duet (available from a pharmacist without a prescription)
* If you cannot access dedicated emergency contraception, you can use regular oral contraceptives (birth control pills) as EC. To do this, you can take progestin-only pills, like Ovrette (take 40 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex). You can also take Microlut or Microval (take 50 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex). You can also take combined progestin-estrogen pills but, for these pills, you must remember that, in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used. Of these pills, you can take Eugynon, Neogynon or Ovral (take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 2 more pills 12 hours later). You can also take Lo-Femenal or Microgynon-30 (take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later). This information was found on the [http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC website], so refer to that website for more details.
* If you cannot access dedicated emergency contraception, you can use regular oral contraceptives (birth control pills) as EC. To do this, you can take progestin-only pills, like Ovrette (take 40 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex). You can also take Microlut or Microval (take 50 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex). You can also take combined progestin-estrogen pills but, for these pills, you must remember that, in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used. Of these pills, you can take Eugynon, Neogynon or Ovral (take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 2 more pills 12 hours later). You can also take Lo-Femenal or Microgynon-30 (take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later).<ref>[http://ec.princeton.edu/worldwide/ Princeton EC Website]</ref> This information was found on the [http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC website], so refer to that website for more details.


===Costs===
===Costs===

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