The health care provider may also ask for the first day of your last period. Then they'll give you the pills to take when you are ready, making sure you know to take the second dose 12 hours after you take the first dose. Side effects of emergency contraception vary from woman to woman and often depend on the kind of pill combination she takes. Often these medications are given along with an anti-nausea drug. If it is not given, you can buy anti-nausea medication and take it about an hour before you take the first dose of emergency contraception, to help prevent side effects.
Side effects diminish quickly and disappear usually within a day or two.
Women report a high level of satisfaction with the medication. Emergency contraceptive pills are available through the IU Health Center and Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood offers Plan B, a synthetic progestin-only pill taken in two doses of 1 pill each. Each kit contains 2 uses of Plan B, a pregnancy test, condoms and a brochure on sexually transmitted diseases and safer sex. Emergency Contraception Links IU Health Center's Emergency Contraception Information Planned Parenthood's Emergency Contraception Information Planned Parenthood's Emergency Contraception Fact Sheet Plan B , the emergency contraception offered at the IU Health Center and Bloomington's Planned Parenthood.