I am 28 years old. I had an abortion. After that my doc suggested me to take Novelon for 21 days just to prevent pregnancy. My doctor said I do not need to take the medicine if I'm not planning for intercourse. My question is, If I use protection during intercourse, do I need to take the medicine?

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Dr. Jyoti GuptaAyurveda22yrs exp

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No, not required. However, for good health, you can take Ayurvedic treatment.

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Dr. Anu SidanaGynaecologist19yrs exp

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Hello dear, purpose of protection is mainly to protect from infection and failure rate of it is 40 -50 % where as pills are the most effective method to avoid pregnancy ,failure rate os less than 1 % so pills are better than protection take care.

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