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Can morning after pill damage female organs?
Okay so I had to take the morning after pill in July because my boyfriend and I were stupid and didn't use a condom. We made a mistake and learned from it, so pls no lectures. The pill worked for me. But I had to take it again in September because the condom broke (at least we were being safe) well my period is over a week late but a pregnancy test said negative. Is it possible that the pill damaged me in some way so I'm not going to have periods or something? After I took the pill a few days later I started to bleed like a period for about a week. But I didn't think it was my normal period cause it was two weeks early. And the first time I took it in July, I spotted blood the whole monthtil my regular period. Also the first time the pharmacy gave me the "second choice" brand which is two pills taken 12 hours apart. The second time I was given the actual "plan b" which is just one pill. Maybe that has something to do with it? But I'm pretty sure it's the exact same medication
Any help please?!?! Thank you
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What you've described is well within normal response of taking Plan B.
After using any emergency contraception pill, your next period should begin within 2 to 4 weeks. If you don’t have a normal period within 4 weeks, then you need to speak to a doctor. However, if you aren't pregnant, you almost definitely will have another full menstrual cycle within four weeks (so long as you don't disrupt your cycle with any other kind of hormonal treatment).
Your body might respond differently each you take an emergency contraceptive. So I wouldn’t be too concerned that your experience last time was different than your first, although you are right: the two pills, and the one pill are almost identical medications, simply in different dosages. To put it into a bit of perspective for you, the dose of active hormones in PlanB is about the same as the dosage in 4 to 5 pills of a regular daily birth control pills.
If you are concerned, by all means talk to your doctor! Regular checkups are also important, especially for sexually active individuals. Even if you aren’t all that concerned, take this as a reminder to book your annual check up and talk about sexual health. If you find yourself needing a regular ‘plan b’, another form of contraceptive might be a better choice for you.
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The Most recent studies and reviews have found no link between ectopic pregnancy occurrences in those who used emergency contraceptives and those who did not. It now seems more likely that the intial concerns about horomonal contraceptives and etoptic pregnancies developed from women delaying treatment for their ectopic pregnancies because they think they are NOT pregnant after using EC, or confuse the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy with the side effects of pill - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
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It's unlikely that the high dosage of synthetic hormones damaged your reproductive organs in just a single dosage; however, there are recent findings that you might find concerning:
There is concern that the very high dose of hormone taken in the 'morning-after' pill might 'kick-start' cervical cancer if a woman is already infected with human papilloma virus.
[Chen Y-H, Huang L-H, Chen T-M. Differential effects of progestins and estrogens on long control regions of human papillomavirus types 16 and 18.]
The 'morning-after' pill causes an increase in the incidence of ectopic pregnancies (lodgment of the human embryo in the Fallopian tube rather than in the womb.)
[Sheffer-Mimouni G, Pauzer D, Maslovitch S et al. Ectopic pregnancies following levonorgestrel contraception. Contraception. 2003;67:267-269]
"Repeated use of Emergency Contraceptive wreaks havoc on a woman's cycle, so the resulting menstrual chaos acts as a powerful deterrent to using this method too often," said David A Grimes, MD.
There is so much hormone within that one single pill that your body literally freaks out. It's dosed at something that is simply not a normal dosage and not healthy for an adult human to be producing on their own. The body says, "OH MY GOD!" and starts to shed the lining of the uterus fast because of the high dosage of hormones. That is, typically, why a woman bleeds after taking the morning after pill.
Shedding of the uterine lining is natural during a period. If it's shed too often then it can scar you internally and make you unable to have children in the future. It's, I suppose, a possibility here but probably unlikely.
There IS probably a reason why experts still warn of taking the morning after pill too often than recommended even though it's considered safe. There are probably a lot they don't quite know about the future in taking this often.
It probably isn't going to make you expel your uterus or cause scar tissue on it if you're only taking it once but having a high dosage of something that isn't natural just isn't good for you body anyway. It's like eating a whole big bucket full of sugar and thinking there won't ever be side effects from it. There are more things going on inside of you body than you're aware of anyway.
If I were you, I would talk with a doctor about this and express your concerns. It could be a cyst grown on an ovary. It could be a severe hormonal imbalance started by the pill. It could be so many things I couldn't really imagine what might be going wrong internally now.
Talk to your doctor and have them check you out for possible underlying problems.
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