Patient's question:
Yesterday, I went in with my boyfriend to check into a room and accidentally had sex inside. I'm very worried about getting pregnant. In the morning, my boyfriend went out and bought birth control pills. I noticed there were two in the package, and I've never taken them before. I'm very afraid of taking the wrong ones and causing harm to myself. I want to ask how many times you need to take levonorgestrel tablets for birth control?Doctor's answer:
For emergency contraception, there are two types of packaging: one is a single-pill pack, and the other is a double-pill pack. If it's a single-pill pack, you just need to take one pill. If it's a double-pill pack, you need to take two pills. After sexual intercourse, you can take the first pill as soon as possible, and then wait for 12 hours before taking the second pill. This is how it works. The purpose of this is mainly to shorten the half-life of the drug and reduce the effectiveness of contraception.