Right now, in most countries, this is only available by prescription. Since medical consultation is not easily available on short notice and many women are embarassed to ask their physicians for emergency contraception, this is a very underutilized method of birth control. There are many arguments against making it more readily available, pharmacists are concerned about minors buying it, drug companies worry about liability, many of the public believe that its availability will discourage the use of more reliable contraception, and that it may encourage promiscuity and unsafe sex. One of the biggest medical concerns is how it will be used by women. As far as pregnancies, there were 18 unintended pregnancies in the study group and 25 in the control group.
Nausea is a common side effect.
M.D. Most women are unaware that birth control pills are one of the few medicines that actually prevent cancer . It is important to know the numbers. The good news about hormonal contraception and gynecologic cancer. Last year approximately 256,000 women had the new diagnosis of breast, endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancer. About 69,000 women died.