Anyone had experience with this?

Nurses General Nursing

Published

So I'm a new nurse who is actively looking for her first nursing job but anyway so things happen and I might be pregnant?! (dont want to go into detail but the condom broke:eek:) It just happened today so I did some research on the internet and I came across a product called morning after pill,which is basically an increased dose of hormones to prevent potential pregnancy...but it must be taken within 72 hours..so anyway I was hundred precent sure I must obtain a prescription from doctor but I found out that all I had to do was to go any local pharmacy (like CVC or walgreens) bring my photocopy ID (you must be over 17 ,BTW I'm 29) Boy I was so relieved that I didnt had to go that extra mile and drive to doctor's office...time definitely counts in this matter..so yeah I took it today...I feel fine even though this drug might cause nausea,cramps,tiredness..A little history about me..I'm so not ready to have child right now..my plan is get pregnant next year or year after...I want to focus on my nursing career for at least one year,since I'm a new nurse..well anyway hopefully the pill will work and I get my period within two weeks,basically my question is did any of you ever used this product and did it work,thank you..sorry of all the grammar mistakes I'm so nervous and I'm writing in hurry and nervousness!!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in OR.

Yes I used it before a couple of times , I eventually got the IUD which works wonders and have had great success with it .

Up Vote Up Vote ×

No experience with it or the IUD. Nothing I will ever have to worry about thankfully.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.
I was hundred precent sure I must obtain a prescription from doctor but I found out that all I had to do was to go any local pharmacy (like CVC or walgreens) bring my photocopy ID (you must be over 17 ,BTW I'm 29)

What's a photocopy ID?

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I think they photocopy your ID?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ED, OR, SAF, Corrections.

If it was OTC, it was likely Plan B which, yes as you stated PREVENTS conception by a few different ways - temporarily stopping the ovaries from releasing eggs, prevents fertilization of an already released egg, or by not allowing an egg to implant itself to the uterine lining.

SO, if you were already pregnant and took Plan B it won't affect the existing pregnancy, which makes it different from the Abortion Pill (also called RU-486 or also called mifepristone, which is a completely different drug/drug combo) which actually terminates an EXISTING pregnancy and may only be obtained via Rx. There is also a combination of regular birth control pills often referred to as the Yuzpe Regimen.

I only mention this stuff because many people confuse the two - not that you didn't already know it, just in case someone who doesn't know it stumbles across this thread.

I'm also a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and we offer Plan B to every victim who presents to us that desires it. We counsel them about it and offer it - most decide to take it.

The drug informational leaflet recommends taking one pill and the second one 12 hours after. In our SANE program we advise the victim to take BOTH pills at the same time, though now they have introduced the Plan B One-Step which is dispensed a single pill - solving that problem.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

never used it before

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Don't worry. Your breasts may be sore, and you may have cramps, but that's about it. I took it ages ago, when I lived in Europe.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Trauma/Critical Care.

Yep,It worked for me...

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

emergency contraception: effectiveness of emergency contraceptives

[color=#42720e]

[color=#42720e]how effective is emergency contraception?

emergency contraception (also known as "morning after pills" or "day after pills") makes it much less likely that you will get pregnant if taken within the first few days after you have sex. how much it reduces your chances of getting pregnant depends on which kind of emergency contraceptive you use and how quickly you take it after unprotected intercourse. in general, progestin-only emergency contraceptive pills, like plan b, are more effective than combined emergency contraceptive pills.

labeling for plan b one-step, next choice and other emergency contraceptive pills that contain only the hormone progestin states that the treatment reduces your risk of pregnancy by 89%*. this doesn’t mean that 11 percent of women will get pregnant using these pills. it just means that this type of emergency contraception prevents 89% of the pregnancies researchers would expect to happen when women don’t use birth control, their regular contraceptive fails, or they are forced to have sex (in other words, they have “unprotected sex”). usually, if 100 women have unprotected sex one time during the second or third week of their monthly menstrual cycle, 8 of them will get pregnant. but if those same 100 women use plan b, only one will get pregnant. put another way, this is an 89% reduction in the expected number of pregnancies. and if you take these progestin-only emergency contraceptive pills within the first 24 hours after sex, they reduce your risk of pregnancy by up to 95%.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Add a Comment