Morning After Pill Treatments

Morning-after pills are emergency contraceptives intended for women should they engage in unprotected sex or have a contraceptive fail. These are usually taken the day, or morning-after, the unsafe sex occurred and can effectively protect against pregnancy. Currently there are two prescription pill available in the UK; Leveonelle and ellaOne.

Prescription emergency contraceptive

Emergency contraceptives protect against pregnancies by interacting and providing certain hormones. Levonelle works with regards to supplementing progestogen to protect against pregnancy, whereas ellaOne does this by influencing existing progestogen in the body. Each is effective protection, but each method might also be tolerated differently by individual women.

However, they both work in conjunction with the natural hormone responsible for the menstrual cycle by both delaying ovulation and changing the lining of womb as well as blocking the sperm from ever entering the womb itself.

Manufactured by HRA ellaOne

ellaOne provides a larger amount of freedom in terms of usage as it is effective up to 120 hours after unprotected sex in protecting against unwanted pregnancies. It doesn't contain progestogen but instead works using ulipristal acetate which makes the body perceive the naturally occurring progestogen differently. The protection however works similarly to Levonelle.

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Levonelle

Levonelle can prevent pregnancy up to 72 hours after unprotected sex has occurred and is very popular for this reason. Effectiveness of the treatment will however begin to drop the longer the medication is not taken.

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Alternative morning-after pill treatments

Apart from the prescription medications used as emergency contraceptives, there is also the IUD. THE IUD is a short, sometimes copper, device that can be fitted into the uterus up to five days after unprotected sex. Here it prevents the sperm from entering the womb and can last up to five years in total being nearly 100% effective.

Ordering emergency contraception online

If you are worried that you might have engaged in unprotected sexual activity and would like to purchase emergency contracetives, you can do so safely and discretely at OnlineClinic. Both Levonelle and ellaOne are available once you have completed a confidential and straightforward doctor's consultation. Once this is reviewed by our doctors, and they deem the treatment safe for you to use, our pharmacy will dispense and ship your chosen morning-after-pill treatment. Depending on the shipping option, you will either receive it overnight at no additional cost, or on the same-day for a small fee.