Emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse, method failure, or incorrect method use. The most widely used emergency contraceptives are regimens of birth control pills that use the same hormonal ingredients found in regular oral contraceptives but in higher doses.
Le traitement le plus couramment prescrit est la prise de pilules contraceptives qui contiennent les mêmes hormones que les contraceptifs oraux classiques, mais à plus forte dose.