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What Is The Appropriate Dosage Of The Contraceptive, Postinor?
I am 22 years old. I am not on birth control. I had protected sex with a condom last night, but it slipped off at the end. I am 90% sure it worked as it should have, but still have a slight concern that it didn't. 8 hours after sex, I took one .75mg dose of Postinor. I had conflicting information from the package and the pharmacist about weather to take both pills at once or to space them 12 hours apart as directed on the package. I ended up taking the second pill 5 hours after the first, so both were taken within 13 hours of sex. Is that alright? I am in Thailand so it's difficult to communicate questions in detail. Also, I always use condoms but IF I were to have sex again within 24 hours of taking the Postinor and IF there were to be another condom complication, would the drugs still be effective or would I require another dose?
Tue, 14 Apr 2020
Hi,
According to the manufacturers:
- First tablet of Postinor should be taken as early as possible after the unprotected intercourse and second tablet should be taken after 12 hours of intake of first tablet.
According to your history as you have taken first tablet within eight hours of intercourse and second tablet after five hours, you can expect the required protection usually.
According to the literature usually emergency contraceptive pill can give protection for within 24 hours of post pill period. So in this period another dose may not be required. And generally there should be at least two months gap between two emergency contraceptive pills to prevent the complications like menstrual irregularities.
Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sree Gouri S. R., OBGYN
According to the manufacturers:
- First tablet of Postinor should be taken as early as possible after the unprotected intercourse and second tablet should be taken after 12 hours of intake of first tablet.
According to your history as you have taken first tablet within eight hours of intercourse and second tablet after five hours, you can expect the required protection usually.
According to the literature usually emergency contraceptive pill can give protection for within 24 hours of post pill period. So in this period another dose may not be required. And generally there should be at least two months gap between two emergency contraceptive pills to prevent the complications like menstrual irregularities.
Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sree Gouri S. R., OBGYN
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