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A member asked:
After an hour of taking ellaone( the emergency contraceptive pill ), i went to poop( just a normal one not a diarrhoea). will it affects the effectiveness of the pill? thanks?
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The EC pill is absorbed in the upper part of your digestive tract just below the stomach. What you pooped was the leftover debris of what you consumed 2-4 days ago. Dumping the fecal debris did not effect the pill or how it will work for you.
Answered 5/29/2023
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