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Difference Between Birth control pill and Emergency Contraceptive pill

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  Emergency Contraceptive Pills Oral contraceptives (birth control pills) and Plan B (levonorgestrel) are two types of birth control pills. Plan B is an emergency contraceptive (sometimes known as "the morning after pill") that is used as a backup contraception to prevent pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex or when birth control fails. Birth control pills require a prescription, although most emergency contraceptive tablets, such as Plan B, can be acquired over-the-counter (OTC) without one. There may be age limits. Nausea, headache, breast soreness or pain, and irregular bleeding/menstrual fluctuations are all common sid Oral contraceptives (birth control pills) are used to avoid pregnancy. Birth control pills are hormonal preparations that commonly contain oestrogen and progestin in combination, or just progestin. The release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) from the pituitary gland in the brain is inhibited by oestrogen...