![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/morning-after-pill-found-to-be-much-more-effective-if-its-taken-with-30p-painkiller/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Woman-taking-contraceptive-pill.jpg&description=Morning after pills were found to be a third more effective when they were taken with an anti-inflammatory drug which is commonly used to treat people with arthritic pain A morning after pill is more effective at preventing pregnancies when taken with a painkiller, a new study has suggested. Taking piroxicam, a drug commonly used for arthritis pain, at the same time as the levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill after sex prevents significantly more pregnancies compared to taking levonorgestrel alone, researchers found. According to the study, 95% of pregnancies were prevented after combined treatment with the drugs, compared to 63% of pregnancies being prevented when levonorgestrel was taken alone. The researchers say that if their findings can be reproduced in the future, clinical guidelines should change to offer both piroxicam and levonorgestrel when levonorgestrel is the emergency contraception of choice. Dr Sue Lo, from the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, a co-investigator of the study, said: "The levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill is one of the most popular choices of emergency contraception in many parts of the world, so finding out that there is a widely available medication which increases levonorgestrel's efficacy when they are taken together is really exciting." First author of the study Dr Raymond Li, from the University of Hong Kong, said: "Our study is the first to suggest that a readily available and safe medication taken at the same time as the levonorgestrel pill can prevent more pregnancies than levonorgestrel alone. We hope these results will lead to further research and ultimately changes in clinical guidelines to enable women around the world to access more effective emergency contraception." Two types of emergency contraceptive pills - containing either levonorgestrel or ulipristal acetate - are the most widely used emergency contraception method in most countries. Both of them work by preventing or delaying ovulation an){kind=link}
Morning after pills were found to be a third more effective when they were taken with an anti-inflammatory drug which is commonly used to treat people with arthritic pain
A morning after pill is more effective at preventing pregnancies when taken with a painkiller, a new study has suggested.
Taking piroxicam, a drug commonly used for arthritis pain, at the same time as the levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill after sex prevents significantly more pregnancies compared to taking levonorgestrel alone, researchers found. According to the study, 95% of pregnancies were prevented after combined treatment with the drugs, compared to 63% of pregnancies being prevented when levonorgestrel was taken alone.
The researchers say that if their findings can be reproduced in the future, clinical guidelines should change to offer both piroxicam and levonorgestrel when levonorgestrel is the emergency contraception of choice. Dr Sue Lo, from the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, a co-investigator of the study, said: “The levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill is one of the most popular choices of emergency contraception in many parts of the world, so finding out that there is a widely available medication which increases levonorgestrel’s efficacy when they are taken together is really exciting.”
First author of the study Dr Raymond Li, from the University of Hong Kong, said: “Our study is the first to suggest that a readily available and safe medication taken at the same time as the levonorgestrel pill can prevent more pregnancies than levonorgestrel alone. We hope these results will lead to further research and ultimately changes in clinical guidelines to enable women around the world to access more effective emergency contraception.”