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Effectiveness of emergency pill

2018-01-02 02:00:59
I took one emergency pill at 3pm yesterday and I volmited 10hours later, then I took my second pill at 3am today. Will this effect the effectiveness of the pill?
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Yes the effectiveness of pill decreases with no.of hours elapsed.. But u cnt do anything else.. If u hv taken it with 72hrs of unprotected act then just wait .. Nothing more needs to b done as of now.. Dont repeat one more pill now.. Failure rates of em pills are high..

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