Emergency Contraception Pills

Pill is one of the many selected contraception because it is easy and convenient to manage or prevent pregnancy. It's just that women taking the pill should be disciplined because the pill must be taken daily to prevent egg development.

What if the pill and forget just remembered after sex? So far there has been kind of birth control pills that can be taken 2 days after intercourse.

But what if women forget to take the pill for more than two days after intercourse?

Researchers from the British succeeded in creating the emergency pill is forgotten when the woman or any other reason after 5 days copulation.

Named Ellaone pill can help prevent an unwanted pregnancy, which is used five days after intercourse. These pills are probably a better protection than any other contraceptives.

Based on the research, the use Ellaone effective than other drugs are consumed by thousands of women each year.

These pills can prevent up to two thirds (60 percent) unintended pregnancies if used regularly in the morning to the limit of 72 hours (3 days).

Whereas, if this pill is five full days (120 hours) after sex is not safe consumption, then the success rate will be higher.

The study led by Professor Anna Glacier in NHS Lothian in Edinburgh. The results of this study published in the medical journal The Lancet.

Research shows that the most effective use of Ellaone in women of fertile period immediately preceding the egg is released. And after 5 days of use, because the time required for sperm die when an egg fails.

Ellaone launched in September 2009 in the United Kingdom and may only be purchased with a prescription. These drugs are expensive sold for £ 16.96 per tablet (254 thousand USD / tablet) or three times more expensive than other drugs, such as the type of contraceptive levonorgestrel.

"Someday this pill is an emergency contraception for some couples, because it is easier for someone to go to the pharmacy or a doctor or an emergency," said Professor Glaciers Daily Mail quoted from Saturday (30/1/2010)