Labella - 1.5mg - 1 Tab - Emergency Contraception Pill

Labella - 1.5mg - 1 Tab - Emergency Contraception Pill

LABELLA is an emergency contraceptive that can be used within 72 hours (3 days) of unprotected
sex or if your usual method of contraception has failed.
These are the following situations:
 No contraception was used during the sexual intercourse.
 The contraception measure was used incorrectly, for example as if a condom was penetrated,
slipped away or used in a wrong way, if vaginal pessary or diaphragm changed position, burst,
was broken or taken out ahead of time, in the case of a failed interruption during coitus interruptus
(e.g. sperm ejaculated in vagina or on external genitalia).
LABELLA contains a synthetic hormone-like substance called levonorgestrel. It prevents about 84%
of expected pregnancies when you take it within 72 hours of having unprotected sex. It will not
prevent a pregnancy every time and is more effective if you take it as soon as possible after unprotected
sex. It is better to take it within 12 hours rather than delay until the third day .
LABELLA is thought to work by:
 stopping your ovaries from releasing an egg;
 preventing sperm from fertilising any egg that may have already released.
LABELLA can only prevent you from becoming pregnant if you take it within 72 hours of having
unprotected sex. It does not work if you are already pregnant. If another unprotected intercourse
takes place after the use of LABELLA (also if this is during the same menstrual cycle), the tablet
will not exert its contraceptive effect and there is again the risk of pregnancy.
LABELLA is not indicated for use before the first menstrual bleeding (menarche).