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It's a fact of life that accidents happen with contraception. Perhaps you are on the Pill and forgot to take it? Maybe you have been sick and you're wondering if the Pill will still work? Possibly you were using a condom and something went wrong?
If you're worried about having had unprotected sex, this part of the site will tell you everything you need to know about Levonelle One Step®, (the morning after pill or emergency contraceptive pill) including how soon you need to take it and what happens when you ask for it at the pharmacy. |
If you think you may need emergency contraception it's important to act quickly - within hours rather than days.
There are two kinds of emergency contraception:
Click on the links above to find out more.
Levonelle One Step® is available to buy in pharmacies as a one tablet product, making it easy and convenient to take. In some of our pharmacies, it can be given free of charge under the Patient Group Direction issued by the various Primary Care Trust.
Before you buy Levonelle One Step® (the morning after pill or emergency contraceptive pill), the pharmacist has to ask a few questions to see if it's suitable for you.
This questionnaire is entirely confidential. None of your information is accessed, recorded, retained or stored in any way.
Anyone can make a mistake with contraception and no matter how careful you are, things can still go wrong. When you get a scare, you can feel really upset and worried about the prospect of an unplanned pregnancy. While Levonelle One Step® emergency contraception is designed to cover you in situations like this, it is not meant to be used as a regular method of birth control and it does not give you any protection from sexually transmitted infections.
If you are sexually active, it's really important to take good care of your sexual health, firstly by having safe sex, and secondly, by choosing a long-term method of contraception that suits you.