Pregnancy Contraceptive Details

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By Super Admin

Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 17:44

Prevention is better than cure. This statement has been seen in a different light by doctors recently. Doctors declare that women who take emergency contraception before it is needed do not reduce their chances of getting pregnant. Contraception is most effective if it is taken within three days of unprotected sex.

The research included 11 trials and involved a total of 7,695 women from the US, China, India and Sweden.

The researchers studied the effect of advance use of emergency contraception on rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted Diseases as well as on sexual behaviour and contraceptive use. The research also tested their tendency to unprotected sex.

They found that women with advance access to emergency contraception had similar rates of pregnancy as women who did not receive the medication in advance. Their tendency to have unprotected sex and contact to sexually transmitted diseases,std was also similar. Thus contraception does not have any different effect on the women.

"Our review suggests that strategies for advance provision of emergency contraception which have been tested to date do not appear to reduce unplanned pregnancy at the population level. At the same time, advance provision does not appear to increase the risk of unprotected sex or sexually transmitted infections, and does not change use of other contraceptive methods," said lead researcher Chelsea Polis of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

It is advised by doctors that women should have more knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases,std and contraception methods to stay healthy and plan a family.