morning after pill safety

Former Member

hi,

i have recently had to take the morning after pill due to a pill and condom malfunction. when i told my friend about this she said that you should take it no more than 3times in your life because of it's high dosage. taking it more than that could lead to problems with pregnancy etc.

now this worried me since i have never heard of this rule before. i know it shouldn't be taken frequently as some sort of contraception but surely if i have to take it again im not putting myself at risk?

thanks in advance

Former Member

I've never heard of the three times in your life rule. It sounds like one of those urban myths. By your friend's reasoning, no one should be on hormonal contraception either because in time, we would have eventually taken the equivalent amount of hormone!

I have also never seen any credible medical literature that suggests that emergency contraception has a long term impact on future fertility, nor does it affect subsequent pregnancies.

Former Member

i think if this was the case that we'd probably know about it. if that makes any sense! the chemist or wherever you got it from would've presumably had to ask you how many times you'd taken it.

Former Member

I thought it was that you can't take it more than 3 times a year or something like that.