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"  What if you didn&amp;#039;t have to take your birth control pill every day\u2014but only when you were about to get laid? (No, it&amp;#039;s not female  Viagra.)  New research is looking into the possibility of a &amp;quot;pericoital pill,&amp;quot; (literal translation: &amp;quot;around sex&amp;quot; pill), a birth control pill that would only be popped &amp;quot;around&amp;quot; the time you&amp;#039;re having sex. These occasional pills (which aren&amp;#039;t a reality yet) would have a lower dose of levonorgestral\u2014the same hormone used in Plan B emergency contraception.  If they sound too good to be true, they just might be. According to Bedsider.org, pericoitals would be less effective than the traditional birth control pills, but potentially more effective than condoms, producing a sort of in-between option (and, along with it, just &amp;quot;in between&amp;quot; protection against baby-making.)  On the plus side, a lower hormone dose means pericoital pills could produce fewer side effects than the morning after pill. On the minus, they could mess with your period. The fact that you don&amp;#039;t have to take the pericoital pill every day is certainly a plus, although that&amp;#039;s not enough to convince us yet. For now, you&amp;#039;re better off preventing an unwanted pregnancy by relying on your tried and true daily dose or IUD. If only there were another pill to ensure you&amp;#039;ll get lucky, too! Want more from Jessica? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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