Re: Morning-After Pill
From: Fadette (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 16:24:16 -0600 (CST)
No, I didn't miss your point. No form of birth control is 100%
effective; even abstinence supposedly failed once about 2002 years
ago... :)
However, 70-75% efective is better than just hoping for the next period
to come. As I said, it's an emergency remedy.
I'm sorry you were one of the unlucky ones.
At Sat, 30 Mar 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>I appreciate your "condom message" and it's very informative, but I
>think you missed my point. That pill is NOT 100% - trust me. If I
>could be one of those two women out of a hundred for which the MAP fails
>(and I took my correct dosage - all four pills, in the correct sequence,
>well within the recommended time limit, under clinical supervision), so
>could someone else. As a matter of fact, I was a bit of a medical
>spectacle at my clinic. In MY emergency, it was useless. I'd hate to
>see another woman go through what I did. Sometimes, I think it's
>over-hyped as the "ultimate cure-all pill". It's effective most of the
>time - but not ALL OF THE TIME. It can fail. That's my VERY proven and
>VERY true point.
>
>>Oh, I wouldn't recommend "morning after" as a birth-control method - of
>>course not! But it's a good EMERGENCY thing. It's better than just
>>waiting for the period to come.
>>
>>It's a good supplement to condoms. When using condoms properly (see my
>>earlier message in this thread) you know, whether they work or not - so
>>you can take morning after pill when they fail.
>>
>>But realize that one dose of morning after pill gives you as much
>>hormones as about a month's worth of regular birth control pills, so
>>it's not a good idea to do it too frequently. If you can't stand
>>condoms, get some other form of bith control.
>>
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