Levonorgestrel (Morning After Pill)

Levonorgestrel also commonly known as the morning-after pill, is the generic version of the emergency contraceptive Levonelle.

If you buy Levonorgestrel online or from your local pharmacy it can which can prevent 84% of expected pregnancies when you take the medication within 72 hours of having unprotected sex.

When you buy Levonorgestrel always use the medication exactly as described in the leaflet or as your doctor/pharmacist has told you. If you are unsure, check with your doctor or pharmacist.

The Levonorgestrel morning after pill must be taken no later than 72 hours (3 days) after you have unprotected intercourse. The sooner Levonorgestrel is taken the more effective the treatment is.

If you have already taken Levonorgestrel morning after pill once in your menstrual cycle than you are not protected from pregnancy if you have unprotected sex again.

If you vomit after taking the morning after pill you may need to take Levonorgestrel again.

As with any form of medication, if you buy Levonorgestrel online or from your local pharmacy, it may have side effects. For a full list of side effects, please read the Patient Information Leaflet before you buy Levonorgestrel online.

Below are a few of the common side effects of taking Levonorgestrel pills:

• Feeling sick
• Irregular bleeding
• Abdominal pain
• Tiredness
• Headache
• Odd period
• Tender breasts

There is no interaction between alcohol and the Levonorgestrel morning after pill.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medication. The effectiveness of the morning after pill may be reduced by the following medications:

• Barbiturates and other medications used to treat epilepsy
• Medicines used to treat tuberculosis
• Treatment for HIV
• Griseofulvin
• Cyclosporine
• St Johns Wort

You should not buy Levonorgestrel and commence treatment of the morning after pill if:

• You are allergic to any of the ingredients

You can find the full list of ingredients before you buy Levonorgestrel online in the patient information leaflet.

If you are unsure of any of the above criteria, please contact your doctor before commencing treatment with Levonorgestrel.

If you buy Levonorgestrel online or from your local pharmacy, it can massively reduce the chances of an unwanted pregnancy after unprotected intercourse.

Levonorgestrel is thought to prevent:

• up to 95% of pregnancies if taken within 24 hours
• up to 85% if taken within 48 hours
• up to 58% if taken within 72 hours

If you miss the window of 72 hours (3 days) in which to take Levonorgestrel then it will be less effective. You can have an emergency IUD fitted for up to 5 days after unprotected sex.

Levonorgestrel morning after pill is the generic version of Levonelle.

This means that both drugs do the exact same thing, but if you buy Levonorgestrel online or from your local pharmacy it tends to be more affordable as it is unbranded.

Levonorgestrel is effective up to 72 hours (3 days) after unprotected intercourse whereas ellaOne is effective for up to 120 hours (5 days) after unprotected sex.

Talk to your GP or use our online Ask-A-Pharmacist service to see what would be best for you.

We do not sell any morning-after pill for acute use.

This means that you can only buy Levonorgestrel online for advance use. It is always good to be prepared but keep in mind that Levonorgestrel does not prevent the spread of STIs so make sure to take a test after unprotected intercourse to ensure that you are safe and healthy. If the test does come back as positive, we do sell treatments for a wide variety of STIs which are dealt with discreetly.

You can use the NHS website to find a sexual health clinic near you for testing.

Yes, you can legally buy Levonorgestrel online from a registered prescriber such as e-Surgery.

Whenever you buy Levonorgestrel online, or any other medication, make sure you check for the green GPhC logo at the bottom of each page of the website you are using.

Use the GPhC website to check the pharmacy is registered to ensure when you buy Levonorgestrel online the medication will be genuine.

If you choose to buy Levonorgestrel online with e-Surgery prices start at 12.95.

The Levonorgestrel pack contains a patient information leaflet and a blister pack containing individual Levonorgestrel tablets.

e-Surgery uses Royal Mail delivery with choices starting from; Royal Mail 48 tracked delivery, Royal Mail tracked 24 and Royal Mail 1 pm special delivery (discover more about e-Surgery delivery). When you buy Levonorgestrel online your medication will arrive in discreet, recyclable packaging at a delivery address of your choice.

If you are unsure, please find out how to recycle packaging from e-Surgery.

If you buy Levonorgestrel online your medication will come in blister packs that are not currently recyclable, so once they have been used can be disposed of in a general waste bin. Cardboard packaging and paper patient information leaflets are recyclable.

For any more information you can use our free Ask-A-Pharmacist service, we’re happy to help!

You can learn more information before you buy Levonorgestrel online in the Patient information leaflet, which contains more useful information.

You can also use our completely free Ask-A-Pharmacist service to get health advice from a trained professional. We’re here to help!

You may want to consider protecting yourself from unwanted pregnancy in the future to prevent you from needing to buy Levonorgestrel online.

Contraception options are as follows:

• Combined pill
• Diaphragm or cap
• Female condoms
• Implant
• Injection
• IUD (coil)
• IUS (hormonal coil)
• Male condoms
• Natural family planning
• Patch
• Progestogen-only pill
• Vaginal ring
• Female sterilisation
• Vasectomy (male sterilisation)

Please talk to your GP if you require more information about contraception methods. At e-Surgery, we sell contraceptive pills, if you think this option of contraception may be right for you please use our free Ask-A-Pharmacist service to learn more!

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