The Morning After Pills Effectiveness

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It is best that you don’t delay in taking the morning after pill if you have had unprotected sex.  The likelihood of it not working only increases the longer you leave it, so it is best addressed as soon as possible. 


Morning After Pill Effectiveness: 24 hours

The sooner you take the morning after pill, the more effective it will prove to be.  There is a 95% success rate when the pill is taken within a 24 hour period after unprotected sex, so making the chances of you becoming pregnant very small.  

Morning After Pill Effectiveness: 48 hours

The longer you wait before taking the pill, the higher the chances are that the pill will not work.  The morning after pill has an 85% success rate when taken between 24 hours and 48 hours after unprotected sex.

Morning After Pill Effectiveness: 72 hours

Although levonelle can and does work within 72 hours of having unprotected sex, the effectiveness is seriously depleted.  There is roughly a 58% success rate when taken between 48 and 72 hours after unprotected sex. 

The sooner you take the morning after pill the better, you have the best chance of it working if you take the pill within 12 hours of having unprotected sex, and its effectiveness does wane as time passes. 

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