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A member asked:

If you take 3 birth control pills at once the morning after having unprotected sex that it equals one plan b pill? does it have the same effect?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Not quite that: simple. Check reference chart to see which oral contraceptives can be used for emergency contraception and at what doses. http://ec.princeton.edu/questions/dose.html#dose

Dr Cattano agreed

Answered 10/27/2017

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