Gynaecosid as a morning after pill?

[whatever2006]

Hi
I had unprotected sex last night and I cant find any morning after pills - can I take gynaecosid as a morning after pill? I also took a birth control pill after it, but I have never taken contraceptives before, so basically I'm not following the cycle. HELP!

[monkeyflower]

I didn't know what Gynaecosid was, so I looked it up. Apparently the answer is *no*...

"Another drug mistakenly thought to be an emergency contraceptive is Gynaecosid, which is recommended for the treatment of amenorrhea not related to pregnancy. The use of these drugs as emergency contraceptive agents is dangerous."

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2908403.html

You need to see your doctor for a prescription. You have up to 72 hours to take EC after unprotected sex.

[AndiJ78]

Are you in the US? Planned Parenthood has an emergency number for the morning after pill that may help you locate a pharmacy that dispenses it. Last i remember hearing, many pharmacists were being given the authority to prescribe it and dispense it.

If you cannot find somewhere that will administer the actual med or if your area does not have it, ask about other alternatives. In 2000 I was the victim of a home invasion/sexual assualt, just so happened to be the day that RU-486 was given the go ahead by the FDA, but it obviously hadn't hit the public market yet. I was given and rx for a specific type of birthcontrol pills and instructed to take several for the same effect. Now I am not advising you do this on your own, I cannot remember what kind they were or how many I had to take (details are quite hazy, I sustained a concussion during the attack) but I do remember it induced a period within 72 hours.

Call around, if you are in the US, you should have ready access to it, you just may have to dig around for some numbers online or in your phone book.

Here is planned paretnhood's website, I am directly linking you to the emergency contraceptive info page:

http://www.plannedparenthood.com/pp2/portal/files/portal/medicalinfo/ec/ec-where.xml

In the meantime, perhaps it would be a good idea to find a new form of birthcontrol. Some people (myself inclided) just may not be capable of keeping up with the rigid schedule required by daily pills.

Good luck!

Andi

[Paradoxicalwinter]

Hi- I'm in Liberia and can't find a suitable 'morning after' solution anywhere, and I'm worried that it's getting past the window time one may have to break up any cells that might be trying to form together, I had sex about 8 days ago. What's really dumb is that I never keep track of my period, so I can't remmeber the correct time I should be starting it. Any suggestions, I really can't handle a child at this point in my life, but I also don't want to wait until there is actually someONE in my uterus insdtead of someTHING. ahhh!

[Kim1989]

your just going to have to wait until you miss your period.

you cant take anything

next time use condoms AND get on bc since your not ready for a child

[samin]

i was doing sex without portect, 17-10-08.now i hav a foodposition today and i feel pain in my bally.am i pregnat?

[Kim1989]

anytime you have unprotected sex you can get pregnant so yes you can be pregnant

[arsala]

i had sex 5 days back and accidently condom broke and i think my husband came inside and right now i m feeling like vomating and i fear that i m pragnent so can u plz tell me what should i do now should i take any pill like gynocisid ? or what