Can emergency contraceptive pill make one infertile? - Dr. Teena S Thomas

Emergency contraceptive pill, name itself means that it is only used for emergency. So it’s not a regular pill which can be used every month here and there to avoid pregnancy, It is very rarely used in case of emergency to avoid a pregnancy. It has a success rate of 97 – 98 %. It doesn’t cause any infertility or future problems as such, but emergency contraceptive pills have known, the side effect is abnormal bleeding. So the bleeding can happen early, late, continue to bleed, next couple of periods may be irregular. These are some of the complications of emergency contraceptive pills, other than failure of the pill. Other than that it doesn’t cause infertility. Definitely, emergency means, only used for emergency and not regular use.