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How protected are you if you use birth control pills effectively every day and have unprotected sex multiple times throughout the wk. on for month?

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Dr. Erinn Huffman answered

Specializes in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Very: Birth control pills are over 90% effective when taken properly. If taken perfectly, they are about 98% effective. The number of times you have sex does not affect the pills. Condoms are still the only way to prevent infections and HIV though.

Answered 6/10/2014

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A member asked:

How protected are you if you use birth control pills effectively every day and have unprotected sex multiple times throughout the wk. on for month?

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Dr. Erinn Huffman answered

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