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Can you get symptoms from the morning after pill a week later?

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Dr. Gebrehana Zebro (formerly Woldegiorgis) answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

very unlikely: The half life of the drug in the body is maximum of 27 hours . It should be out of your system by day 3-5. The effect is felt when it is at its pick

Answered 10/16/2013

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