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Taking ContraplanII®

When to use ContraplanII®

1. When no contraceptive has been used.

2. When there is a contraceptive failure or incorrect use, including:

Condom breakage, slippage, or incorrect use
Women who take daily contraceptive pills & miss 3 or more consecutive days.
Non lactating women whom take daily combined oral contraceptive pills and miss 3 or more consecutive days.
Progestogen-only injection taken more than two weeks late.

The combined estrogen-plus-progestogen monthly injection taken more than seven days late.
Failed withdrawal (e.g. Ejaculation in the vagina or on external genitalia).
Failure of a spermicide suppository to melt inside vagina.
Miscalculation of the periodic abstinence method, or failure to abstain or use a barrier method on the fertile days of the cycle.
Expulsion or partial movement of an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD)

How to take ContraplanII®

ContraplanII® emergency contraception helps preventing pregnancy by temporarily delaying, direct inhibition of fertilization and implantation ovulation. Here’s what you need to know about taking it:

They’re two tablets that you take by mouth.

Must be taken within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. The sooner you take it the better it works.

Remember:

ContraplanII® won’t protect you against HIV/AIDS or any other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

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