Is it OK to take emergency contraceptive pills twice a week?

Nowadays, women tend to take birth control pills more frequently for various reasons. Sometimes, under special circumstances, they take birth control pills twice a week. This is a common situation. Of course, we all know that the side effects of taking emergency contraception twice are very large, so what are the harms of taking birth control pills twice a week? Let me introduce it to everyone below, and I hope everyone can have a certain understanding.

What are the harms of taking birth control pills twice a week?

There are many types of emergency contraception, whether they are high-efficiency or short-acting, their mechanism of action is the same, all of which achieve the purpose of contraception by suppressing ovulation. Normal women have their own endocrine regularities. Due to the use of birth control pills, their own regularities are disrupted, so some side effects will occur during the medication process, which may cause endocrine disorders, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, infertility, or stomach discomfort, headache, weight gain, tension and anxiety, low mood, skin pigmentation and acne, etc. Taking emergency contraception may also cause the following harm to the human body:

1. Emergency contraception has a certain impact on the decomposition of sugar, protein and fat, and will reduce glucose tolerance.

2. Emergency contraception will increase protein levels, promote blood pressure and arteriosclerosis.

3. Emergency contraception is mainly due to the effect of estrogen. Excessive use of estrogen will increase coagulation factors and increase the risk of thrombotic diseases.

4. Contraceptive drugs will affect the metabolism of bile, and long-term use of the drugs will continue to cause abnormal liver function.

Therefore, it is recommended that women do not use emergency contraception as a long-term contraceptive method. Taking too many contraceptive pills is very harmful to women. Generally speaking, contraceptive pills should be stopped for 2-3 months after being used for more than 6 months to allow the suppressed ovaries to recover. You can take them again after a period of discontinuation. Emergency contraception can affect your menstrual cycle. Some women may experience a small amount of vaginal bleeding about a week after taking birth control pills. The menstrual cycle will be disrupted after taking emergency contraception, and menstruation may come early or be delayed. Later, the menstrual cycle will be restored and gradually recover.

If pregnant women take emergency contraception at different times of their menstrual cycle, the effects on their menstrual period will also be different. If taken within the first half of the menstrual cycle, it may have a great impact on women's menstrual period and vaginal bleeding may occur; if taken within the first half of the menstrual cycle, it will have less impact on women's menstrual period.

From the above we can understand that taking emergency contraception twice a week has very serious side effects, so we should pay more attention to not taking emergency contraception so many times in our daily life. We need to pay attention to the fact that if you get pregnant while taking birth control pills, you must not keep the baby, otherwise it is very easy for the fetus to die in the womb or the baby to have cerebral palsy.