Emergency Contraception

Follow the links below to find information on emergency contraception or the use of the "morning after pill".

Reviewed July 2011

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Title:   Emergency contraceptive pills (ECP)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Emergency contraceptive pills (the morning after pill) can be used by a woman who has had unprotected sex, to prevent pregnancy.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   If you have had unprotected sex, emergency contraception (EC) may be helpful in preventing an unwanted pregnancy.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Abortion pill - RU486 (mifepristone)
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Medical (non-surgical) abortion offers an alternative to surgery for women in the early weeks of pregnancy. Mifepristone (RU486 or the abortion pill' ) can be used to terminate (end) a pregnancy up to nine weeks. However, access to mifepristone is limited in Australia.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Emergency contraception can be used by a girl up to three days after unprotected sex to prevent an unwanted pregnancy.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Termination of pregnancy (abortion)
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Finding out you are pregnant can bring up many different emotions, especially if it was not planned.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Contraception - emergency contraception
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Emergency contraception (the 'morning after pill') can be used to prevent an unplanned pregnancy after unprotected sex. It's most effective if taken within 24 hours of having sex, but works well up to 72 hours. It might be effective if taken within 120 hours (five days). You might need emergency contraception if the pill is missed, a condom breaks, no contraception was used or in the case of rape.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Morning after pill (emergency contraception)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Emergency contraception refers to any method of preventing pregnancy, including the morning after pill, following unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure. Emergency contraceptives provide a safe and effective means of reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Emergency contraception - morning-after pill - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Emergency contraception, used to prevent a pregnancy after unprotected intercourse, works by stopping the fertilised egg implanting in the womb lining.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Mifepristone: an overview for Australian practice
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Mifepristone was the first antiprogestogen to be developed for clinical use. It is not only a progesterone receptor antagonist, but also acts as a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Easier access to emergency contraception to help women prevent unwanted pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Emergency contraceptive pills can prevent unwanted pregnancy if taken soon after unprotected sex. Getting a prescription for emergency contraception can be difficult and time-consuming. Giving emergency contraception to women in advance could ensure tha...
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Late period
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   If you have had unprotected sex and consider yourself at risk of pregnancy, see your local pharmacy, doctor, family planning clinic or sexual health clinic to discuss emergency contraception.,If you can't explain why your period is late and you are not pregnant, see your local doctor, family planning clinic or sexual health clinic.,Late or missed periods can be due to: pregnancy stress and fatigue excessive weight loss excessive exercise hormone disturbance coming off the combined oral contraceptive pill for up to 12 months after depo-provera or the injectable contraceptive.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Emergency contraception can be used to prevent pregnancy after sex.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Emergency contraception options - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Emergency contraception prevents pregnancy after unprotected sex or when contraception has failed. Find out what products are available for emergency contraception.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Methods of Emergency Contraception
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Emergency contraception is using a drug or copper intrauterine device (Cu-IUD) to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. This is for backup, not regular contraception. Mifepristone and levonorgestrel are very effective with few adverse effects, and ar...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description:   Information about the emergency pill (sometimes called the 'morning after' pill) that helps prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. Also includes information on how to use condoms correctly.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Emergency contraception
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   The emergency pill (sometimes called the morning after pill,) is a special dose oral contraceptive pill. You take it to reduce the chance of pregnancy after unprotected sex.
Date:   Jan 2003

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