Is plan b harmful to the body if taken frequently?

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I have taken the plan b over 10 times in my life. I would already say I have taken it three times this year. Does this pill have any long term effects? I feel bad about what I am doing..I am already thinking about stopping sex altogether or using birth control/and condoms. ](all times condoms broke.)

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peace-love-couture Yoda
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I imagine it would. It's something that should be a 1 time type of thing.

I don't want to be the preaching type, but common sense would say, after the 1st time of having to use Plan B, one would I dunno, use multiple forms of birth control. Perhaps you should invest in birth control as well as properly fitting condoms and learn HOW to put condoms on and find the proper size. They shouldn't break if you're using them properly. Millions of people use them without them breaking, so there's no excuse

I imagine if you're "25 to 29" you're actually a teenager under a disguised profile. No one can be this stupid.

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- Asker
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  It is wise for one to learn how to give advice without bringing others down. That is what this site is intended for. Maybe in all actuality you are the teenager, because of your immature ways. I am 25 I just turned it last month. I am asking this question out of courtesy and because I cannot find any reasonable answers while browsing the net. I truly do feel horrible about taking it so many times,it is to the point where I am seriously going to stop having intercourse altogether.
- peace-love-couture
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  I'm 17 year old, a virgin, and have enough common sense to know that multiple forms of birth control should be used when having sex to help prevent pregnancy, as well as STDs(in that case, testing should is required, as well as a barrier). It's all common sense was my point. Sorry if I offended you for lacking it.
- Asker
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  Everyone knows what they should do to prevent pregnancy but in all reality do we really all take the necessary precautions? Everyone knows that they should do their homework or else they will fail class, but do they? Everyone knows they shouldn't smoke cigarettes because it can increase your chance in developing cancer, but don't they? The fact of the matter is, we all have the necessary tools in what we should and shouldn't do. But we still do it. This is life. No one is perfect. Maybe because
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- Asker
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  you are 17 and still a child, you lack enough knowledge and life experience to know what I am talking about. Bottom line is, we all make bad choices despite our ages. No one is perfect. You should try being less judgmental and less of a prick...it might get you somewhere.
- peace-love-couture
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  I'm not judgmental, I'm calling it as it is. Common sense. Common sense says, learn to use a condom if it continuously fails you. Common sens says to use more than 1 form of birth control if your initial form of birth control fails you. I don't need life experience to know and understand that(at 17 babe, not 25). it's common sense. Sorry if you lacked it. If you wish to continue to justify your ignorance and lack of knowledge, continue commenting. If you're a confident 25 year old, shut up.
- Asker
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  I've already known this, but we all make bad choices. Judge me by it, hate me for it, I'm learning from it. You will stay a 17 year old virgin for the rest of your life, even a homeless man wouldn't want to stick his genitals in your yeast infested crotch hole. You can continue to point out that I am 25, but in the blink of an eye you will be too. Everyone is entitled to make bad choices, we are only human. You are judgmental, and you are a little prick and you will stay one for your entire life
- peace-love-couture
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  You're an extremely immature 25 year old. Grow up and educate yourself on safe sex hun, then attempt to insult me. Adios
- Asker
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  I am so immature which is why I have my bachelors degree. Nice try, high school drop out. I have to deal with kids like you on a regular basis, you serve nothing for the world, just a waste of space.
- Asker
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  Typical 17 year old, thinking she knows it all. Try proving that on paper, hun.
- Asker
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  If your parents educated themselves about sex, then you wouldn't be born. You are truly a waste of space, and not even worth any more of my time. Good bye. I do hope you grow up and learn that making mistakes is okay and that any one any age is entitled to make them.
- peace-love-couture
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  Wow, hurtful words coming from someone who claims to be educated yet didn't even have basic knowledge on safe sex. Continue commenting, but considering how immature you are and how illogical your arguments are, I'm not gonna read them
Anonymous
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what is plan b exactly? is it an OTC emergency contraceptive pill? if so, the main adverse effects are breast tenderness and also a heavier or lighter bleed in your next period. I heard that the more often you use it the less effect it becomes... so you shouldn't rely on it every time you have sex.

Why don't you go on the contraceptive pill?
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- peace-love-couture
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  Yes, it's the morning after pill.
- Asker
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  I am considering that, thank you.
selfishstars Master
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- Asker
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  Thank you :)
- selfishstars
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  No problem. But definitely think about getting on the pill or using another form of contraception. The pill is more effective than Plan B.
- Asker
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  Thanks for your advice. I am truly considering this.

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Gregs Yoda
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It's pretty harmful the way it works, I had my ex girlfriend take it one time and still regret it. Go on the pill for the best option or have sex with a guy you trust, who uses a condom AND pulls out, because condoms do break (and I would not trust many guys)
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- Asker
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  You are so correct. I started re-evaluating myself when I took it multiple times this year. Before then I hadn't taken it in the past 2/3 years. I seriously feel bad and will make an appointment with my dr. a.s.a.p to get on birth control.

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whattothink Guru
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I wouldn't think it is very healthy. Definitely consider another option

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- Asker
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  Thanks :)
Anonymous
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I would imagine so babe since they make a point of warning that it isn't supposed to be used as regular birth control.

If you're going to be sexually active, be so responsibly. Get on birth control and use condoms. Damn I'm a virgin and even I know that.
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- peace-love-couture
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  Exactly. It's common sense. And of course she thumbs down the answers which tell her the TRUTH. Truth hurts sometimes(sure that may make me a bitch for saying so)
- Asker
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  Obviously you've invested too much time studying sex and not enough on your grammar. Go back to school if you have the opportunity to. You might actually have the potential to become a productive member of society, until then stfu and remain anonymous.
- Asker
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  I can deal with the truth but when people have to be a total asshole when trying to give "advice" that's another thing.
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- Opinion Owner
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  Wow. You have serious issues, my dear. Telling me that I'm not a "productive member of society" is beyond comical. You're gambling with pregnancy and STDs because of your lack of education, or even worse, your indifference to the consequences of your actions in general, and I'M the one who isn't a "productive member of society" ? LMAO. You're funny, babe. I wasn't being an asshole at all, actually, but tell yourself whatever you have to.
- Opinion Owner
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  And I would stop using that "you're an inexperienced teenager" b.s. with Evangelina. To be over 25 and asking this question makes you sound dumb as hell, no offense. You're in no place to be insulting the intellect, education, or experiences of anyone, at any age, when you actually ask questions like this. Step back into your place and fix your problems before you shoot out yet another unwanted child, who has to be raised by yet another uneducated mother. We have enough of that in this world.
- Asker
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  I'm gambling with stds when this has happened with the same person whom I have been with for over 5 years. Yes, I'm in a committed relationship, something you know nothing about. I know the consequences of my action, I know what I have been doing that it is wrong, this site is set up for people like me, people who don't always make the right choices. If you want to come on this site and be a total asshole, then it isn't for you, may I suggest asshole.com? it suits your a lot better.
- Asker
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  Plan b is not the abortion bill, it is another method of birth control, so do not refer to it as such. Shouldn't you know this already? After all, you do know everything. I have education, I am a college graduate, am I not allowed to make the wrong choices or ask questions? Take your head out of your ass, you're probably just another young 17 year old piece of sh*t that believes they know it all, Good luck in this world with that attitude my life, it will get you very far :)
- Asker
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  *attitude in life.
- Opinion Owner
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  Wow, further proof of your ignorance. Unless you've both been tested, either of you could have an STD with dormant symptoms. It's great that you're in a long term relationship, but what on earth do you know about my life? Let's not make any more dumb comments, I think you've made your quota for the day. Asshole.com? Is that an attempt at wit? Cute. It's not that your actions are "wrong" (that is subjective) it's that they're stupid, not safe, borne out of ignorance, etc. Just fix it.
- Opinion Owner
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  I wasn't being an asshole initially, but you sound like a bitch who has to be unnecessarily defensive and attack others to mask her own insecurities, so I'll give you what you ask for.
- Opinion Owner
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  ...please tell me that you didn't just post your comment on the wrong answer lol You're like a clown. It's cute. There's nothing more ironic than an "adult" who uses their age to establish some kind of superiority over a teenager, who clearly exposes that adult's ignorance and stupidity. I found it hilarious when I was a teenager, and it's still hilarious in my 20s.
- Opinion Owner
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  Stop using her age as a crutch. We see that you're an insecure little girl who is upset because she's not very bright. I definitely see it. Her age is irrelevant. If anything, the fact that she would know better than to do what you've done doesn't speak highly of you. You emphasize the fact that she's an inexperienced child, and yet she knows the answer to your question, and more. It's like pointing to a zit on your face, babe. Just stop. A kid knows more about sex than you do. Get over it.
- Opinion Owner
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  Oh wow, so you were assuming that I'm a teenager? Ha. Totally tripped over that assumption. I'm 21. My mother (47, with a PhD) agrees with me, though, if that makes any difference. And everything I've said still stands. Insulting someone's age isn't going to make you any smarter, darling, I hate to break it to you. And insulting someone's education when you're clearly not very bright, yourself, isn't the best way to go about things.
- Asker
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  Plan b does not state whether or not if it has any long term effects. If you want to call me dumb, for wanting to know if it does or not, then so be it. Me and my partner are not in any way promiscuous. He was my first partner and I am his second. Before this year, I had not taken plan b until 3 years ago. I seriously, thought I would never see that pill again. Now that I am back in the same boat as I was before, I have stated to everyone that I will get on a regular form of birth control, until
- Asker
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  Me and my partner are not in any way promiscuous. We trust each other, he has taken my virginity and when I met him I was the first girl he had intercourse with in 6 years. Plan b does not state that it has any long term effects, because I want to know the answer to that question, yes I guess I am so "dumb." I know a lot about life, one of the main things I keep with me is that, the older you get the less people you trust because the more contact you get with assholes, such as yourself. With all
- Asker
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  You may not be a teenager, but you definitely lack knowledge so I will refer to you as one, a child. Lets stop telling lies here, you are not 21. More like 12. I refuse to believe a 21 year old will be as ignorant as you are, and continuously point out my age when you will be 25 in the blink of an eye yourself. You are a judgmental, piece of sh*t, who only as a so called voice when they enter into the internet world. In real life, you aren't anything, in fact you are a joke to people.
- Opinion Owner
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  "Me and my partner" ? And you insult my grammar? lol That's a bit ironic. The problem with using Plan B as anything more than a one-time solution is that your risk of pregnancy increases, as it is not made the same way that long term birth control methods are made. So logic would assist you in figuring out that if you are using it consistently, and it doesn't protect the same way, you are engaging in unsafe sex and your chance of pregnancy is much higher. It's not rocket science.
- Opinion Owner
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  The reason I mentioned STDs is because if you aren't even protecting your body from pregnancy, it's very unlikely that you are concerned about STDs. Being in a long term relationship is helpful with this, but getting tested is infinitely better. I still think a question like this at your age reflects a serious lack of education, but I wouldn't have said anything if you hadn't responded in an unnecessary manner or actually used your age to insult someone else. It was uncalled for.
- Opinion Owner
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  And you're STILL going. Just read your last comment. You're the ultimate hypocrite. You're ignorant and uneducated and you actually have the nerve to attack other people for allegedly being the same way? You just used Evangelina's age to attack her several times. How is that any different? lmao Yes, darling, I will be 25 soon. And? You can guarantee that I won't have to ask questions like this, though. We don't all make irresponsible decisions.
Anonymous
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I don't think it has any harmful effect, but they say you shouldn't take more than one every menstrual cycle. They can disturb it. It's not BAD like sterilisation, but it's still not healthy either.

If possible, I would go on birth control.
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- Asker
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  Ive taken it over the course of 5 years to clear things up, not all at once.