approximately 9 will get pregnant each year. Birth control pills are taken orally every day. For maximum effectiveness, you should take the pill around the same time every day. There is no ...

This means, if you take your pill at 8 a.m., taking it after 11 a.m. the next day puts you at risk for pregnancy. Most progestin-only pills come in 28-day packs, and all 28 pills are active.

A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used ...

Newspaper headlines this week have advised women that they can take contraceptive pills "every day of the month ... contains hormones that can prevent pregnancy by stopping the user from releasing ...

Once they find out they’re pregnant ... clinics that once offered next-day appointments are now often fully booked three, four, even five weeks in advance. Pills purchased online can take ...

When the BBC reported a shift in contraception use from "hormonal" products like the pill to "natural ... really unwell one day and thought either this is Covid, or I'm pregnant.

The combined contraceptive pill is the most popular method of birth control in the UK, and with good reason: it’s 99% effective when used as directed. But there are some unexpected factors that ...