EC - Perscription Q?

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Registered: 09-30-2006
EC - Perscription Q?
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Sat, 09-30-2006 - 9:48am
I havent really surfed around so I dont know how active it is but I really need a quick answer. I am young and I dont have medical insurance, and havent gotten a perscription since I was under insurance with my parents. I need to get an EC (emergency contreceptive) percription filled, and I realize that if I call PP they will call in a perscription to the pharmacy. So my question is can they call it up into any local pharamcy, do I need to have any kind of "file" under this pharamcy? I know thats a dumb question, I just dont want to call the pharmacy and ask and I can't really ask anyone becasue I dont want them to know what I need! TIA!


Edited 9/30/2006 9:49 am ET by hat678
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Sat, 09-30-2006 - 12:44pm

Hi hat678, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Mon, 10-02-2006 - 11:33pm
Uh so I need a little more guidance here... I called PP THREE times. The procedure is...they take your name and number and the EC people call you back. First day-no call back, second day- no call back, third day(today) I talked to someone at PP and told htem my problem and she said it was becasue I probably had a block on my phone, so I was like "theres nothing I can do??!" she basiclaly told me I was S.O.L., I couldnt continue the conversation becasue I broke down in tears. So I didnt ask her the questions I should of. But I saw on there website you can get EC from E.R. rooms? Is this true? Do I just walk up to the hospital and ask..Im running out of time here. Im 90% sure Im pregnant, and it just cant happen.
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Registered: 06-06-2004
Tue, 10-03-2006 - 7:22am

Just out of curiosity, how long has it been since you had unprotected sex and think you may have gotten pregnant? With Emergency Contraception you have to take the drug within 72 hrs after the unprotected act. If it's beyond that you're looking at the possibility of being pregnant. If you're saying youre 90% sure you're preganant, that sounds like you're already showing signs of it (tender breasts, missed period, etc.) , but that could just be my inferring. If it's been longer than 3 days since you think you may have gotten pregnant, you're out of the "EC Window". If you're pregnant at this point it may be something you will have to discuss further with your doctor and determine if you are indeed pregnant and then make the decisions of where to go from there.

If it has been less than 72 hrs (3 days) since your unprotected sex, you should still be in the window and i'd either call PP or your Gyno asap and try to get things moving.

Laura

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Tue, 10-03-2006 - 11:01am
I also thought it was 72 hours, I know thats was it used to be. But everything, including the PP website, says 120 hours (5 days) so it must have changed. Today is day 4. I already have a child and you just *know* when your body is pregnant, and it just happened to be on my most fertile day before ovulation. Maybe god is sending me a message..or maybe I just have bad luck! I just need to know an alternative way to get EC, I havent seen my gyno in over 2 years.
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Tue, 10-03-2006 - 11:32am

Hm maybe the indication has changed. I had always heard 72 hrs, but it's not something i typically keep track of...

Can your doctor or another doctor see you on a short-notice appointment even though you haven't seen your gyno recently? How about your family doctor--I'm not sure if they typically handle the EC issues, but they might be able to see you sooner and prescribe medication for you. Good luck. Keep us posted

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Tue, 10-03-2006 - 6:22pm

The ECP can be taken up to five days after the act, but after 72 hours the chance of it protecting against pregnancy is greatly reduced.


You can have a copper IUD inserted up to a week after unprotected sex, however it is more costly, and if you can't be 100% sure that you wouldn't have contracted an STD, then you are putting yourself at risk of a pelvic infection.


 


 


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 10-05-2006 - 7:25am

Yes, it is different now--it used to be 72 hours, but within the last couple of years it's been changed to 5 days.

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Thu, 10-05-2006 - 3:59pm
gosh.....Hope you got some good news finally....I would have contacted my GYN since I got so many problems/run arounds with the other option you had....As far as a file goes at a pharmacy,they need to know what other meds you are taking,address,b/day,insurance info and just general stuff like that...Now they do keep a record of it so that they have a record of your meds....I always heard it was like 72 hours as the cut off limit for the EC thing to work....but sounds like it's between 3-5 days.....I do hope you were able to get some help...Please keep us updated if you feel like talking....((HUGS))
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Thu, 10-05-2006 - 5:42pm
Well I never got the EC, guess I'll have to see what happens!
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Registered: 06-06-2004
Thu, 10-05-2006 - 5:53pm
keep us posted, good luck