MOrning After Pills?

Question

Where Do You Get The Morning After Pills?!? I Looked Everywhere From Them... They Are No Where to Be Found?.. Any Help

Answer 1

call a planned parenthood near you, you don't need an appointment to get it. or you can call the pharmacies and ask if any of them carry it. you don't need a prescription but you need to be over 18

Answer 2

The morning after pill is just a really high dosage of a month's worth of BC pills. It's 2 pills. Take the 2nd one between 8-12 hours after the first one. It make you feel sick, so try and take an anti-nausea medicine to prevent you from feeling bad and just sleep it off.

Plan B is the name of the morning after pill and you need to take it within 72 hours of unprotected sex, the sooner the better.

Per FDA approval - Plan B is now an OTC (just within the past few months) pill but must be bought by an individual at least 18 years or older (male or female). Go to CVS/Walgreens or other pharmacy and ask for Plan B. It's about 45 bux or so. Call the pharmacy ahead of time to ask if it is in stock and there is a pharmacist there to dispense it. All you have to do is show proof of age and pay for it.

You no longer have to go to the doctor to get a prescription which is a wonderful thing.

Do continue to practice safe sex. We all make mistakes from time to time. Don't make this your everyday use of BC.

Answer 3

You must go to the pharmacy counter and ask for them. They are no longer by prescription only, but you must show proof of age in order to purchase them. Not all pharmacies will carry them so you may need to call around first.
you can also call your local planned parenthood and they can direct you where to find them.

They are not 100% effective- especially if you wait longer than 48 hours to take them.

Answer 4

I know we have morning after pills in the ER where I work.

Answer 5

Actually you can get Plan B over the counter. Your local CVS or drug store should carry it. I had to go hunt it down and get it a few weeks ago. Just give your local pharmacy's a call and ask if they have Plan B. One of them is bound to carry it.

Answer 6

Their are some pharmacys in wales that do them over the counter, if not then doctor or if you dont want to do that then family planning clincs will do them also.

Answer 7

Planned Parenthood although I wouldn't recommend taking it.

Answer 8

Try Planned Parenthood although there are other options

Answer 9

I have never known any one to have to get a prescription for them, at least in my area....but they do have to be asked for at a pharmacy counter.

Answer 10

What is it?
Emergency contraception (also known as the morning-after pill) is a high dosage of the birth control pill. It is recommended to be used after sexual intercourse, over a period of 72 hours, to achieve the goal of preventing or ending pregnancy. There are three different ways birth control pills are currently being promoted for this use: progesterone alone, estrogen alone, or both of these artificial steroids together.

These are the same steroids found in the typical birth control pill.

Where did this idea come from?

The idea of emergency contraception?or a morning-after pill?is based on a theory. Under this theory, if a woman has sexual intercourse and fears she may be pregnant, she can take large doses of birth control pills. If in fact the woman is pregnant when she takes these birth control pills, the high dosage could act to kill her preborn child-a living human being. The only "emergency" in this case is the woman's fear of being pregnant.

There are currently two specific morning-after pills on the market ? Preven and Plan B. Additionally, double doses (or more) of existing birth control pills can be prescribed for similar purposes. Though no testing has been done to confirm the safety of these large doses of birth control pills for women, the Food and Drug Administration has approved this use.

How do emergency contraception/morning-after pills work?

The emergency contraceptive/morning-after pill has three possible ways in which it can work:

Ovulation is inhibited, meaning the egg will not be released;
The normal menstrual cycle is altered, delaying ovulation; or
It can irritate the lining of the uterus so that if the first and second actions fail, and the woman does become pregnant, the tiny baby boy or girl will die before he or she can actually attach to the lining of the uterus.
In other words, if the third action occurs, her body rejects the tiny baby and he or she will die. This is called a chemical abortion.

Abortion is an act of direct killing that takes the life of a tiny human being-a life that begins at fertilization.

Is it safe?

No. Here are some of the side effects:

nausea
vomiting
infertility
breast tenderness
ectopic pregnancy-can be life threatening
blood clot formation
Emergency contraception also offers no protection against sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS.

There are no long term studies to show whether women will be permanently damaged, or risk such diseases as cancer, from these chemicals being given in such high doses.

What is my best option?

Some people may try to convince you that emergency contraception is totally without risk. Don't believe it!

Don't depend on emergency contraception. It could be harmful to you. It could also kill your baby-without you knowing it.

Source(s):
http://www.all.org/article.php?id=10130...
What is it?
Emergency contraception (also known as the morning-after pill) is a high dosage of the birth control pill. It is recommended to be used after sexual intercourse, over a period of 72 hours, to achieve the goal of preventing or ending pregnancy. There are three different ways birth control pills are currently being promoted for this use: progesterone alone, estrogen alone, or both of these artificial steroids together.

These are the same steroids found in the typical birth control pill.

Where did this idea come from?

The idea of emergency contraception?or a morning-after pill?is based on a theory. Under this theory, if a woman has sexual intercourse and fears she may be pregnant, she can take large doses of birth control pills. If in fact the woman is pregnant when she takes these birth control pills, the high dosage could act to kill her preborn child-a living human being. The only "emergency" in this case is the woman's fear of being pregnant.

There are currently two specific morning-after pills on the market ? Preven and Plan B. Additionally, double doses (or more) of existing birth control pills can be prescribed for similar purposes. Though no testing has been done to confirm the safety of these large doses of birth control pills for women, the Food and Drug Administration has approved this use.

How do emergency contraception/morning-after pills work?

The emergency contraceptive/morning-after pill has three possible ways in which it can work:

Ovulation is inhibited, meaning the egg will not be released;
The normal menstrual cycle is altered, delaying ovulation; or
It can irritate the lining of the uterus so that if the first and second actions fail, and the woman does become pregnant, the tiny baby boy or girl will die before he or she can actually attach to the lining of the uterus.
In other words, if the third action occurs, her body rejects the tiny baby and he or she will die. This is called a chemical abortion.

Abortion is an act of direct killing that takes the life of a tiny human being-a life that begins at fertilization.

Is it safe?

No. Here are some of the side effects:

nausea
vomiting
infertility
breast tenderness
ectopic pregnancy-can be life threatening
blood clot formation
Emergency contraception also offers no protection against sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS.

There are no long term studies to show whether women will be permanently damaged, or risk such diseases as cancer, from these chemicals being given in such high doses.

What is my best option?

Some people may try to convince you that emergency contraception is totally without risk. Don't believe it!

Don't depend on emergency contraception. It could be harmful to you. It could also kill your baby-without you knowing it.

If you worried about an uplanned pregnancy, find support at your local Pregnancy Resource Center (www.pregnancycenters.org). Thanks for reading!